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Gajdos Albert, Msgr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: Császlóc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine — July 12, 1916
Death data:: Perth Amboy, NJ, USA — December 31, 1973
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: ismeretlen (nincs adat)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1942
Place of burial:: Saint Michaels Byzantine Hungarian Cemetery
Fords, NJ, USA

Biographical data

His parents were István Gajdos and Erzsébet Kotykó. He began his theological studies at Pázmány Péter University, then completed them at the Benedictine college in Lisle, Illinois (USA); according to other sources, he studied at the Procopine Seminary in Chicago, IL. He was ordained a priest by Bazil Takács in 1942. He became a bishop’s advisor in 1963 and a papal prelate on October 14, 1966.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1945	1946			Toledo, OH
1946	1973	Perth Amboy, NJ	USA	parish priest; dean of the district since 1972
—	—	Munhall, PA	USA	assistant pastor
—	—	Cleveland, OH	USA	assistant pastor
—	—	Ashtabula, OH	USA	assistant pastor

Life timeline

Birth

July 12, 1916

Császlóc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ukraine

Priestly ordination

1942

Service abroad

1945 – 1946

Toledo, OH

Service abroad

1946 – 1973

Perth Amboy, NJ, USA

parish priest; dean of the district since 1972

Death

December 31, 1973

Perth Amboy, NJ, USA

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160095109/albert-s-gajdos✕
https://steliasmunhallpa.weebly.com/✓
MKL: Gajdos
Török: 248p.
KMVÉ: 1945-1973-
Magyarság, 1970-10-02., pp. 2.
Hiradó, 1963. december 12.; 1966. november 10.

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Gajdos Albert, Msgr.: 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=302 (accessed: 2026-05-06).