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Gulovics György

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Birth data:: Határszög, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Verkhovyna-Bystra (Верховина-Бистра), Ukraine — March 20, 1870
Death data:: Scranton, PA, USA — November 13, 1901
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Munkács

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine — April 6, 1895

Biographical data

His father was Ágoston Gulovics, a priest, and his mother was Ilona Legeza. His wife was Mária Gerevics. He pursued his theological studies in Uzhhorod. He was ordained a priest on April 6, 1895, by Bishop Gyula Firczák of Mukachevo. In 1898, he emigrated to the United States. He died of kidney inflammation at the age of 31.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1895	1898	Őrdarma, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Sztorozsnicja (Сторожниця), Ukraine		pastor
1898		Jeszenő, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Jasenov, Slovakia		pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1898	1899	Minersville, PA, USA	Szűz Mária templom	pastor
1899	1900	Old Forge, PA, USA		pastor
1900	1901	St. Clair, PA, USA		pastor

Life timeline

Birth

March 20, 1870

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

Priestly ordination

April 6, 1895

Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine

Service in the homeland

1895 – 1898

Őrdarma, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sztorozsnicja (Сторожниця), Ukraine

pastor

Service abroad

1898 – 1899

Minersville, PA, USA

Szűz Mária templom

pastor

Service in the homeland

1898

Jeszenő, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Jasenov, Slovakia

pastor

Service abroad

1899 – 1900

Old Forge, PA, USA

pastor

Service abroad

1900 – 1901

St. Clair, PA, USA

pastor

Death

November 13, 1901

Scranton, PA, USA

Sources

Lehoczky: 66.
Munkács: 294.
Breznay Béla szerk.: Religio, 1895. 1. félév, pp. 288.
https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?record_id=record-12012-815510340-&ocr_panel=1&referred=mh_record_page✓

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Gulovics 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=345 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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