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Csaba György

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Deceased

Birth data:: Dobóruszka, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ruská, Slovakia — August 28, 1860
Death data:: Bridgeport, CT, USA — December 27, 1905
According to another source: December 26, 1905
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Szatmár

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1883
Other name used:: Csizmár György

Biographical data

He was ordained a priest in 1883. He arrived in the United States around 1897. According to his tombstone, he died on December 28. He also spoke Italian.

Domestic service locations

From	Place i	Current name, country i
1890 circa	Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine
?	Técső, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Tjačiv (Тячів), Ukraine
?	Felsőbánya, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Baia Sprie, Romania
?	Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine
?	Aknaszlatina, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Solotvino (Солотвино), Ukraine
?	Máramarossziget, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sighetu Marmației, Romania
?	Csap, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Chop (Чоп), Ukraine

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1901		Trenton, NJ, USA			Hungarian assistant pastor
1901	1905	Bridgeport, CT, USA		Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	founding pastor

Life timeline

Birth

August 28, 1860

Dobóruszka, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Ruská, Slovakia

Priestly ordination

1883

Service in the homeland

1890

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

Service abroad

1901

Trenton, NJ, USA

Hungarian assistant pastor

Service abroad

1901 – 1905

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

founding pastor

Death

December 27, 1905

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Sources

Máté: 205.
Török: 85.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140790946/george-csaba✕
MKL: Bridgeport
Religio, 1904. 2. félév 16. szám, pp. 126.
Kalmár-II: 86.

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Citation for this entry

Csaba György: 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=136 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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