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Filkorn Antal

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Deceased

Birth data:: Prhoć, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Croatia — November 27, 1873
Death data:: Grinád, Csehszlovákia, currently Grinava, Slovakia — February 27, 1934
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Esztergom-Budapest (korábban: Esztergom) (1907-ig) → Pittburgh, PA, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: June 12, 1897
Place of burial:: ismeretlen

Biographical data

He was ordained a priest on June 12, 1897. In 1907, he was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Esztergom. He lived in the United States from 1903 to 1924.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1897	1899	Soponya, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Hungary	assistant pastor
1899	1900	Morvaszentjános, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Moravský Svätý Ján, Hungary	assistant pastor, special confessor to the Sisters of Mercy
1900		Nagysurány, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Šurany, Hungary	assistant pastor, then administrator
1901	1903	Vittenc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Chtelnica, Slovakia	assistant pastor
1924	1934	Grinád, Csehszlovákia	Grinava, Slovakia	administrator

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1914 circa		Connellsville, PA, USA	Szent Imre R. K. Egyházközség	Vice President of the American Slovak League
1915	1919	Johnstown, NY, USA
1920 circa		Fulton, NY, USA

Life timeline

Birth

November 27, 1873

Prhoć, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Croatia

Priestly ordination

June 12, 1897

Service in the homeland

1897 – 1899

Soponya, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1899 – 1900

Morvaszentjános, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Moravský Svätý Ján, Hungary

assistant pastor, special confessor to the Sisters of Mercy

Service in the homeland

1900

Nagysurány, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Šurany, Hungary

assistant pastor, then administrator

Service in the homeland

1901 – 1903

Vittenc, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Chtelnica, Slovakia

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1914

Connellsville, PA, USA

Szent Imre R. K. Egyházközség

Vice President of the American Slovak League

Service abroad

1915 – 1919

Johnstown, NY, USA

Service abroad

1920

Fulton, NY, USA

Service in the homeland

1924 – 1934

Grinád, Csehszlovákia, currently Grinava, Slovakia

administrator

Death

February 27, 1934

Grinád, Csehszlovákia, currently Grinava, Slovakia

Sources

Havi Közlöny, 1897-07-01., pp. 872.
Havi Közlöny, 1907-05-01., pp. 588.
Beke: 202.
Kemény G. Gábor: Iratok a nemzetiségi kérdés történetéhez Magyarországon a dualizmus korában, VII. 1914–1916.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10720/united-states-passport-applications-1795-1925?itemId=1755093-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Anthony+Filkorn#fullscreen✓

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Citation for this entry

Filkorn Antal: 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=274 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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