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Kopcsa András József

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Kopcsa András József
Deceased
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Birth data:
South Bend, IN, USA — June 28, 1931
Death data:
South Bend, IN, USA — November 3, 1996
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN, USA
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Ft. Wayne, IN, USA — May 28, 1966
Szeplőtelen Fogantatás Székesegyház
Place of burial:
Hungarian Sacred Heart Cemetery
South Bend, IN, USA
Other name used:
Rev. Andrew Joseph Kopsca
Biographical data
He is a second-generation Hungarian. His parents were András Pál Kopcsa and Helén Mária Török; he has five siblings.
He graduated from high school in 1949 and then served in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955. He studied at Loyola University in Chicago, IL. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1966, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. He celebrated his first Mass at the Hungarian church in South Bend, IL. Due to serious illness, he retired from active pastoral work in 1987.
His grave is located at the Hungarian Sacred Heart Cemetery in South Bend, IL.
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1966 1968 Plymouth, IN, USA St. Vincent Church assistant pastor
1968 1969 Ft. Wayne, IN, USA St. Joseph Church assistant pastor
1969 1972 New Carlisle, IN, USA St. Stanislaus Church assistant pastor
1972 1976 Ft. Wayne, IN, USA Chaplain for nursing homes and veterans’ hospitals
1976 1986 New Heven, CT, USA St. Louis Besancon assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1978
1986 1987 Mishawaka, IN, USA St. Joseph Church assistant pastor
Life timeline
Birth
June 28, 1931
South Bend, IN, USA
Priestly ordination
May 28, 1966
Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Szeplőtelen Fogantatás Székesegyház
Service abroad
1966 – 1968
Plymouth, IN, USA
St. Vincent Church
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1968 – 1969
Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
St. Joseph Church
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1969 – 1972
New Carlisle, IN, USA
St. Stanislaus Church
assistant pastor
Service abroad
1972 – 1976
Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Chaplain for nursing homes and veterans’ hospitals
Service abroad
1976 – 1986
New Heven, CT, USA
St. Louis Besancon
assistant pastor, then parish priest from 1978
Service abroad
1986 – 1987
Mishawaka, IN, USA
St. Joseph Church
assistant pastor
Death
November 3, 1996
South Bend, IN, USA
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Citation for this entry
Kopcsa András József: 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=563 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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