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Juhász István Ágoston OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — September 14, 1907
Death data:: Lansing, MI, USA — December 23, 1985
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 28, 1928
First (temporary) vows:: August 29, 1929
Perpetual vows:: Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — October 5, 1932
Priestly ordination:: Eger, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 18, 1933
Place of burial:: Roebling, NJ, USA

Biographical data

His parents were István Juhász (Rosental) and Emilia Schoffan; he had three siblings. His twin brother, Imre, also became a Franciscan priest. He entered the order on August 28, 1928. He took his simple vows on August 29, 1929, and his perpetual vows on October 5, 1932, in Gyöngyös. He was ordained a priest in Eger on June 18, 1933. During the period when the order was restricted, he became an assistant pastor near Szeged, and later worked as an electrician. He left Hungary after 1956 and settled in the United States. On August 28, 1985, he suffered a hip fracture and subsequently died of pneumonia that developed as a complication of the injury.

Domestic service locations

From	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1935	Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		religious education teacher and assistant pastor
1940 before	Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary
1940	Simontornya, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	Szentföldi zárda
1940	Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary
1941	Siklós, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		The pastor of the Roma community in Alsószentmárton
1948	Baja, Hungary

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1948		Flint, MI, USA		linguistic studies
1959	1985	Roebling, NJ, USA	Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség	pastor
1985		Dewitt, MI, USA		on sick leave

Life timeline

Birth

September 14, 1907

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 28, 1928

First (temporary) vows

August 29, 1929

Perpetual vows

October 5, 1932

Gyöngyös, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Priestly ordination

June 18, 1933

Eger, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1935

Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious education teacher and assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1940

Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1940

Simontornya, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Szentföldi zárda

Service in the homeland

1940

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1941

Siklós, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

The pastor of the Roma community in Alsószentmárton

Service abroad

1948

Flint, MI, USA

linguistic studies

Service in the homeland

1948

Baja, Hungary

Service abroad

1959 – 1985

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

pastor

Death

December 23, 1985

Lansing, MI, USA

Service abroad

1985

Dewitt, MI, USA

on sick leave

Sources

OFM-K-1994.: 43.;
KMV, 1986-01-26., pp. 7.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1306-1307.,
http://mandadb.hu/common/file-servlet/document/914151/default/doc_url/tabula_kapisztran_kusztodia_1984.pdf✓
Schematismus almae provinciae S. Joannis a Capistrano Ordinis Fratrum Minorum S. P. N. Francisci in Hungaria. Anno bissextili 1940. Budapest, [S.d.]

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Juhász István Ágoston 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=492 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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