Viktor György Romza (Victor G. Romza in English-language sources) is an American Greek Catholic priest of Rusyn descent, pastor of the Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese of Pittsburgh, and papal chaplain (Monsignor). During his priestly ministry, he served in several Hungarian communities, including providing pastoral care to the Hungarian Greek Catholic faithful in Perth Amboy and Duquesne.

He was born on July 26, 1929, in New Britain, Connecticut. His father was János Romzsa, a Greek Catholic priest, and his mother was Magdaline Medveczky. His family belonged to a line of Rusyn Greek Catholic priestly families who had emigrated from the Carpathian Basin; he was related to Bishop Bazil Takács, the first Rusyn Greek Catholic exarch in the United States. His siblings were John, Robert, Andrew, and Rita.

He began his studies at St. Fidelis Seminary in Herman, Pennsylvania, and later attended St. Procopius College in Illinois, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 1951. He completed his theological studies at the St. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Pittsburgh and at Duquesne University. On May 31, 1954, Bishop Daniel Ivancho ordained him a priest at the Mount St. Macrina Monastery near Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

He began his priestly ministry in the Greek Catholic community of Perth Amboy, where he served in 1955. He subsequently served in the Greek Catholic parishes of Freeland, Barnesboro, Patton, Arcadia, and Duquesne (Pennsylvania). According to Hungarian-language church yearbooks, he served as pastor of the Hungarian Greek Catholic community in Duquesne from 1963 to 1964.

On September 12, he was appointed pastor of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Parish in Campbell, Ohio. He spent the next more than half a century in the same parish and became a leading pastor of the town’s Byzantine Catholic community. In addition to leading the parish, he also served in numerous diocesan roles: he was assistant director of the Office of Catechesis, a member of the matrimonial tribunal, and, for many years, principal of the Byzantine Catholic Central School in Youngstown. He also served on the diocese’s advisory bodies for several terms.

In 1985, Pope John Paul II honored him with the title of Chaplain of His Holiness, and from that time on, he was entitled to bear the title of monsignor.

After fifty-one years of service at Campbell, he retired in March 2014. On the occasion of his retirement, his parishioners, fellow priests, and Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla honored him with a festive Divine Liturgy and a reception, thanking him for his decades of pastoral work.

He passed away on October 23, 2017, at the age of 88. His funeral Divine Liturgy was presided over by Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla on October 27, 2017, at St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Campbell, after which he was laid to rest in the parish cemetery. Following his death, the Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and several Greek Catholic communities paid tribute to him.