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Fürdek István

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Fürdek István
Deceased
Birth data:
Árvanádasd, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia — September 2, 1855
Death data:
Cleveland, OH, USA — January 18, 1915
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Cleveland, OH, USA
Ordination level:
bishop
Priestly ordination:
Cleveland, OH, USA — June 2, 1882
Place of burial:
Calvary Cemetery
Cleveland, OH, USA
Biographical data
He completed his high school studies in Banská Bystrica and Nitra. He began his theological studies in Budapest and continued them in Prague. At the request of the bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, OH, he was sent to America as a young priest fluent in Czech and Slovak, where he was ordained on June 2, 1882. Until Károly Böhm’s arrival in 1892, he ministered to both Slovak and Hungarian parishioners. He died as a result of complications from diabetes.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1882 1915 Cleveland, OH USA Szent László templom parish priest, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian pastor
Literary activity
Számos kiadványt jelentetett meg, elsősorban cseh és szlovák nyelven.
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Birth
September 2, 1855
Árvanádasd, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
Priestly ordination
June 2, 1882
Cleveland, OH, USA
Service abroad
1882 – 1915
Cleveland, OH, USA
Szent László templom
parish priest, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian pastor
Death
January 18, 1915
Cleveland, OH, USA
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Citation for this entry
Fürdek István: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=296 (accessed: 2026-05-06).