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Medveczky Dániel

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Birth data:: Vucskómező, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vucskovje (Вучкове), Ukraine — December 22, 1902
Death data:: Manville, NJ, USA — November 16, 1952
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Pittston, PA, USA
Place of burial:: Sacred Heart Cemetery
Hillsborough, PA, USA

Biographical data

His parents were Elek Medveczky, a priest, and Jolán Sereghy. He moved to the United States at the age of two. He attended seminary in Hungary and was ordained a priest in Pittston, PA. He died of a heart attack at the age of fifty. He served as superintendent of schools in Pittsburgh.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
	1952	Manville, NJ, USA			parish priest
?		Seton Hall, PA, USA			language and history teacher

Life timeline

Birth

December 22, 1902

Vucskómező, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vucskovje (Вучкове), Ukraine

Death

November 16, 1952

Manville, NJ, USA

Sources

Hiradó, 1952. november 27.;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174676587/daniel_emery-medvecky✕
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-864263101-1-500192/daniel-rev-medveczky-in-myheritage-family-trees✕

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Citation for this entry

Medveczky Dániel: 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=719 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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