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Bacsinszky András, bacsinai

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Deceased

Birth data:: Tiha, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Tiha (Тихий), Ukraine — July 1, 1868
Death data:: Trenton, NJ, USA — 1929
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Munkács

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine — December 11, 1898

Biographical data

His father was András Bacsinszky, a priest from Bacsina, and his mother was Melánia Puza (or Emília, according to other sources). He completed his theological studies in Uzhhorod. He was ordained as a celibate priest on December 11, 1898, by Gyula Firczák, Bishop of Mukachevo. In 1914, he emigrated to the United States.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1898	1899	Beregkövesd, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Kamianske (Кам'янське), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1899	1900	Cserhalom, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Dubrivka (Дубрівка), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1900	1901	Taracköz, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Teresva (Тересва), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1901		Nagyszőlős, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Vinohragyiv (Виноградів ), Ukraine	assistant pastor
1901	1903	Fenyvesvölgy, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sztavne (Ставне), Ukraine	parish priest
1903	1913	Határszög, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Verkhovyna-Bystra (Верховина-Бистра), Ukraine	parish priest

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1914 after		New-Britan, CT, USA			parish priest
	1929 before	Trenton, NJ, USA			parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

July 1, 1868

Tiha, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Tiha (Тихий), Ukraine

Priestly ordination

December 11, 1898

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

Service in the homeland

1898 – 1899

Beregkövesd, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kamianske (Кам'янське), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1899 – 1900

Cserhalom, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Dubrivka (Дубрівка), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1900 – 1901

Taracköz, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Teresva (Тересва), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1901

Nagyszőlős, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vinohragyiv (Виноградів ), Ukraine

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1901 – 1903

Fenyvesvölgy, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sztavne (Ставне), Ukraine

parish priest

Service in the homeland

1903 – 1913

Határszög, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Verkhovyna-Bystra (Верховина-Бистра), Ukraine

parish priest

Service abroad

1914

New-Britan, CT, USA

parish priest

Death

1929

Trenton, NJ, USA

Sources

Munkács: 78.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-1/myheritage-csaladfak?itemId=722352831-1-503878&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Andr%C3%A1s+BACSINSZKY✕
Kárpáti Lapok, 1899-02-19.

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Citation for this entry

Bacsinszky András, bacsinai: 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=25 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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