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Grega Sámuel OFM

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Birth data:: Jászó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia — August 10, 1886
Death data:: Olean, NY, USA — March 10, 1968
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Holy Name provincia)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: 1912
Priestly ordination:: 1912

Biographical data

He completed his elementary school education in Hungary and then moved to the United States. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1908. He took his perpetual vows in 1912 and was ordained a priest in Union City, NJ, in 1915.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Country	Church / institution	Position
1915	1919	Delawanna, NJ	USA		pastor
1915	1919	Rochelle Park, NJ	USA
1919	1931		USA		choir director
1931	1968	New York, NY	USA	Szent István templom	pastor and head of the household

Life timeline

Birth

August 10, 1886

Jászó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

Perpetual vows

1912

Priestly ordination

1912

Service abroad

1915 – 1919

Delawanna, NJ, USA

pastor

Service abroad

1915 – 1919

Rochelle Park, NJ, USA

Service abroad

1919 – 1931

USA

choir director

Service abroad

1931 – 1968

New York, NY, USA

Szent István templom

pastor and head of the household

Death

March 10, 1968

Olean, NY, USA

Sources

KMVÉ: 1959-1962.
https://stfrancisnyc.org/the-friars-of-thirty-first-street-part-16✕

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Grega Sámuel 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=334 (accessed: 2026-05-06).