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Kovács János Jazon OSBM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Istvándi, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — August 21, 1869
Death data:: Meriden, CT, USA — 1925
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: bazilita (Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: September 7, 1888
Priestly ordination:: Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine — December 25, 1893
Other name used:: Lopajda

Biographical data

His father was György Lopajda, and his mother was Apollónia Jakab. He was born on August 21, 1869. He entered the order on September 7, 1888. He completed his theological studies in Máriapócs, but took his exams in Ungvár. He was ordained a priest on December 25, 1893, by Bishop Gyula Firczák of Munkács. He changed his name to Kovács in 1890. He lived in the United States from 1910 onward.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1897	1899	Misztice, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Imszticsovo (Імстичово), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1904	1905	Nagyszőlős, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Vinohragyiv (Виноградів ), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1905	1906	Dolha, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Dovhe (Довге), Ukraine	assistant pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1913	1914	Minneapolis, MN, USA	pastor
1921	1922	Flint, MI, USA	pastor
1922	1925	Meriden, CT, USA	pastor

Literary activity

Szt olvasmányok az év különböző ünnepeire. Írta Antonevics Károly SJ. Ford. Bp., 1898. - Elmélkedések a mi Urunk Jézus Krisztus szenvedéséről és haláláról. Uo., 1899. - Elmélkedések a legméltóságosabb oltári szentségről v. méltó előkészűlet a szent áldozáshoz. Kath. hívek számára. Írta Riedl Kázmér. Magyarra áttette. Ungvár, 1903.

Life timeline

Birth

August 21, 1869

Istvándi, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

September 7, 1888

Priestly ordination

December 25, 1893

Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine

Service in the homeland

1897 – 1899

Misztice, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Imszticsovo (Імстичово), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1904 – 1905

Nagyszőlős, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vinohragyiv (Виноградів ), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1905 – 1906

Dolha, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Dovhe (Довге), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1913 – 1914

Minneapolis, MN, USA

pastor

Service abroad

1921 – 1922

Flint, MI, USA

pastor

Service abroad

1922 – 1925

Meriden, CT, USA

pastor

Death

1925

Meriden, CT, USA

Sources

Munkács: 983.
MKL: Kovács

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Citation for this entry

Kovács János Jazon OSBM: 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=592 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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