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Horváth Ernő, Msgr.

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Deceased

Birth data:: Ebergőc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — January 1, 1898
Death data:: Okland Park, IL, USA — June 1980
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Chicago, IL, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Chicago, IL, USA — 1923

Biographical data

He arrived in the United States with his parents in 1908. He was ordained in Chicago in 1923. On October 15, 1953, he was granted the title of papal prelate.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1923	1970	Chicago, IL, USA		Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest; served at St. Stephen’s Church in 1937
1970	1980	Chicago, IL, USA		Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség	retired, assistant pastor

Life timeline

Birth

January 1, 1898

Ebergőc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1923 – 1970

Chicago, IL, USA

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest; served at St. Stephen’s Church in 1937

Priestly ordination

1923

Chicago, IL, USA

Service abroad

1970 – 1980

Chicago, IL, USA

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség

retired, assistant pastor

Death

June 1980

Okland Park, IL, USA

Sources

KMVÉ: 1945-1981;Máté: 210.;Shvoy: 23, 122.;Török: 100.;
MKL: Chicago

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Horváth Ernő, Msgr.: 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=420 (accessed: 2026-09-13).

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