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Gáy János

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Deceased

Birth data:: Teplice, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Baden, Czechia — April 11, 1857
Death data:: Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovce, Slovakia — October 31, 1911
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Kassa

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: July 7, 1880

Biographical data

He was ordained a priest on July 7, 1880. In 1895, he served as a member of the county council of Zemplén County. In 1904, he emigrated to the United States. By 1909, he was back in Hungary, serving as parish priest and chairman of the school board in Gálcsécs. He died suddenly of a heart attack.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1880	1883	Szinna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Snina, Slovakia	assistant pastor
1883	1889	Udva, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Udavské, Slovakia	assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1887
	1883 before	Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sečovce, Slovakia
1889	1904	Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sečovce, Slovakia	assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1890
1910		Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sečovce, Slovakia	parish priest

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1904	1906 circa	Throop, PA, USA			pastor

Life timeline

Birth

April 11, 1857

Teplice, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Baden, Czechia

Priestly ordination

July 7, 1880

Service in the homeland

1880 – 1883

Szinna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Snina, Slovakia

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1883 – 1889

Udva, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Udavské, Slovakia

assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1887

Service in the homeland

1889 – 1904

Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovce, Slovakia

assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1890

Service abroad

1904 – 1906

Throop, PA, USA

pastor

Service in the homeland

1910

Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovce, Slovakia

parish priest

Death

October 31, 1911

Gálszécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovce, Slovakia

Sources

Kassa1904: 767, 795.
Török: 291.
Néptanítók lapja, 1909-08-19., pp. 28.
Budapesti Hírlap, 1895-12-07., pp. 10.

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Gáy János: 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=315 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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