Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — September 29, 1912
Death data:
Irvington, NJ, USA — July 28, 1993
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Nagyvárad
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Bécs, Bundesstaat Österreich (Szövetségi Ausztria), currently Austria — July 14, 1935
Biographical data
He studied theology in Szeged and later at the Pázmáneum in Vienna. There, he was ordained a priest by István Breyer, Bishop of Győr, on July 14, 1935. In the 1940s, because he was of Jewish descent, he left the country and lived in Italy until 1957, where he served as secretary to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. In 1957, he emigrated to the United States. He served as treasurer of the American Hungarian Catholic League (1983).
Pogány György, Dr.: 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=886 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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