Homrogd, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — January 30, 1885
Death data:
Allentown, PA, USA — December 4, 1949
According to another source: Betlehem, PA, USA
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Eperjes
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
August 25, 1907
Place of burial:
Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
Alpha, NJ, USA
Other name used:
Bakaysa
Biographical data
He was ordained a priest on August 25, 1907. He was a married pastor; his wife was Olga Ladomérszky. They had five children. In 1921, he emigrated to the United States.
In 1928, he was accused of moral and financial crimes in McKeesport, but an investigation by the local bishop cleared his name. According to some sources, he was already serving as a Reformed pastor by 1940. Other sources refute this conversion, stating that he died as a parish priest in Bethlehem, PA. His grave is in Alpha, NJ.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1907 circa
1913
Máté, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Matysová, Slovakia
pastor
1913 after
Szinyefő, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Renčišov, Slovakia
pastor, reserve chaplain
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1921 circa
Betlehem, PA, USA
1927 circa
Toledo, OH, USA
St. Michael the Archangel Parish
parish priest
1928
1930
McKeesport, PA, USA
Holy Transfiguration Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
parish priest
1930 circa
Warren, OH, USA
1931 circa
Havk Run, PA, USA
Literary activity
Számos írása jelent meg az Eperjesi népiskolák lapjában.
Bakajsza Elek: 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=29 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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