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Gojdics Éliás Methód

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Deceased

Birth data:: Mikóháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — July 28, 1872
Death data:: Farrell, PA, USA — February 25, 1931
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Eperjes

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: December 6, 1896
Place of burial:: Saint Michael Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
Hermitage, PA, USA
Other name used:: Goydich Illés

Biographical data

He came from a long line of priests. He was a student at the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary in Eperjes. He was ordained a priest on December 6, 1896. By 1903, he was already in the United States. According to Káldor, he was a canon. He was a married pastor; his wife was Mária Happel, and they had eight children. He died of pneumonia.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1897	—	Horváti	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia	assistant pastor
1898	—	Barakony	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia	pastor
1899	1902	Horváti	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia	parish priest

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Position
1903	—	Bayonne, NJ	USA	pastor
—	1931	Farrell, PA	USA	organizer of the parish, district dean
—	—	Bridgeport, CT	USA
—	—	Detroit, MI	USA

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Birth

July 28, 1872

Mikóháza, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Priestly ordination

December 6, 1896

Service in the homeland

1897

Horváti, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1898

Barakony, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

pastor

Service in the homeland

1899 – 1902

Horváti, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

parish priest

Service abroad

1903

Bayonne, NJ, USA

pastor

Death

February 25, 1931

Farrell, PA, USA

Sources

http://byzantinohungarica.hu/sites/default/files/eperjesi_sematizmus_1931.pdf; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40705975/elias-gojdics✕
Shvoy: 88.
Káldor: 195.
Durovics Alex - Kónya Péter: Az eperjesi felsőoktatás intézményeinek hallgatói 1850-1918 (Budapest, 2024)

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Citation for this entry

Gojdics Éliás Methód: 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=329 (accessed: 2026-05-06).