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Halter János

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Halter János
Deceased
Birth data:
Kerény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Serbia — August 23, 1917
Death data:
Windsor, ON, Canada — July 31, 1989
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
April 20, 1941
Biographical data
He attended high school in Sombor and Bosnia, and studied theology in Sarajevo and Zagreb. He was ordained a priest on April 20, 1941. He was interned in 1944. Until 1949, he was held in a labor camp in Ukraine, near Kharkiv. In 1949, he left for the West, living first in West Germany, then, at an unknown date, he moved to Canada, where he was primarily involved in German-language pastoral work.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1941 1943 Militics Kingdom of Hungary, currently Serbia assistant pastor
1941 — Diakóvár Független Horvát Állam, currently Croatia assistant pastor
1941 — Gádoros Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary assistant pastor in charge of finances
1943 1944 Apatin Kingdom of Hungary, currently Serbia assistant pastor, then interned
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1947 after — Németország (NSZK), currently Germany pastor
— 1989 before Windsor, ON Canada German pastor
Life timeline
Birth
August 23, 1917
Kerény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Serbia
Priestly ordination
April 20, 1941
Service in the homeland
1941
Diakóvár, Független Horvát Állam, currently Croatia
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1941
Gádoros, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor in charge of finances
Service in the homeland
1941 – 1943
Militics, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Serbia
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1943 – 1944
Apatin, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Serbia
assistant pastor, then interned
Service abroad
1947
Németország (NSZK), currently Germany
pastor
Death
July 31, 1989
Windsor, ON, Canada
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Citation for this entry
Halter 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=365 (accessed: 2026-05-06).