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Cseh Gyula Titusz OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Szaporca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — October 17, 1893
Death data:: Roebling, NJ, USA — February 13, 1960
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: February 1, 1914
Perpetual vows:: March 25, 1925
Place of burial:: Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Other name used:: Anicetus

Biographical data

Gyula Titusz Cseh, OFM (known by his religious name, Anicetus), was born on October 17, 1893, in Szaporca. He entered the Capistran novitiate of the Franciscan Order on February 1, 1914. He began his novitiate in 1917 and took his final vows on March 25, 1925. He served in the order not as a priest but as a lay brother.

During his time in Hungary, he served in several monasteries, including those in Szécsény, Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Csongrád, and Szolnok. His duties included serving as sacristan and organist.

After World War II, he moved to the United States. His later places of service cannot be precisely identified, but it is known that he passed away on February 13, 1960, in Roebling, New Jersey.

His grave is located in Nyíregyháza.

Domestic service locations

From	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1925	Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	sexton
1933	Szentkút, Kingdom of Hungary	Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Hungary	orgonist
1940	Csongrád, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary
1942	Szolnok, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	sexton

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1942 after	1960	USA			His places of service cannot be identified; he died in Roebling, NJ, USA.

Life timeline

Birth

October 17, 1893

Szaporca, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

February 1, 1914

Perpetual vows

March 25, 1925

Service in the homeland

1925

Szécsény, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

sexton

Service in the homeland

1933

Szentkút, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Hungary

orgonist

Service in the homeland

1940

Csongrád, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1942 – 1960

USA

His places of service cannot be identified; he died in Roebling, NJ, USA.

Service in the homeland

1942

Szolnok, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

sexton

Death

February 13, 1960

Roebling, NJ, USA

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Cseh Gyula Titusz OFM: 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=151 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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