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Füzes József Zalán OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — February 10, 1922
Death data:: Flint, MI, USA — December 21, 1987
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 25, 1940
Perpetual vows:: October 4, 1944
Priestly ordination:: December 22, 1946

Biographical data

He entered the order on August 25, 1940. He took his perpetual vows on October 4, 1944. He was ordained a priest on December 22, 1946. He likely arrived in the United States in 1972, as he fled to avoid being recruited and having to report to state security.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1946	1948	Eger	Hungary		religious educator
1956 circa	1969 circa	Esztergom	Hungary		geography and biology teacher

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1972	1973	Lubbock, TX	USA
1973	1982	New York, NY	USA		Hungarian pastor
1982	1984	Detroit, MI	USA	Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1984	—	Burton, MI	USA		assistant pastor
1985	1987	Flint, MI	USA		assistant pastor

Life timeline

Birth

February 10, 1922

Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 25, 1940

Perpetual vows

October 4, 1944

Priestly ordination

December 22, 1946

Service in the homeland

1946 – 1948

Eger, Hungary

religious educator

Service in the homeland

1956 – 1969

Esztergom, Hungary

geography and biology teacher

Service abroad

1972 – 1973

Lubbock, TX, USA

Service abroad

1973 – 1982

New York, NY, USA

Hungarian pastor

Service abroad

1982 – 1984

Detroit, MI, USA

Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1984 körül

Burton, MI, USA

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1985 – 1987

Flint, MI, USA

assistant pastor

Death

December 21, 1987

Flint, MI, USA

Sources

OFM-K-1994.: 43.
Kép forrása: Magyar Ferences Könyvtár Fotótára
https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/FERENCES_magyar_umbria_1944_1946/?pg=40&layout=s✕
https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/FERENCES_schematismus_1948/?pg=77&layout=s&query=f%C3%BCzes✕
http://franka-egom.ofm.hu/index.php?id=a-szent-korona-visszaerkezeseig-1957-1978✓
Vigília 2012/02., pp.149.
KMVÉ: 1972-1987.

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Füzes József Zalán OFM: 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=299 (accessed: 2026-05-06).