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Györkös István

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Györkös István
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Birth data:
Marburg, Szerb–Horvát–Szlovén Királyság, currently Slovenia — May 30, 1927
Death data:
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada — February 19, 2023
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Calgary, AB, Kanada
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Canada — 1961
Place of burial:
Hillside Cemetery
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
Biographical data
He emigrated to Canada with his parents at the age of two. He completed his high school studies at St. Theresa’s Academy, then studied at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Edmonton. He was ordained a priest in 1961. Around 1970, he left the priesthood and married; his wife’s name is Bernice. They had a daughter, Janice, born in 1973. He is buried alongside his wife at Hillside Cemetery in Medicine Hat, AB, Canada.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1965 1970 circa Bow Island, AB Canada
Life timeline
Birth
May 30, 1927
Marburg, Szerb–Horvát–Szlovén Királyság, currently Slovenia
Priestly ordination
1961
Canada
Service abroad
1965 – 1970
Bow Island, AB, Canada
Death
February 19, 2023
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
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Citation for this entry
Györkös István: 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=355 (accessed: 2026-05-06).