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Hogya István SCJ

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Birth data:: Fairport, NY, USA — January 6, 1915
Death data:: USA — June 17, 1968
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: Jézus Szent Szívének Papjai (Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1942

Biographical data

He was born in the United States. His parents were István Hogya and Erzsébet Galya, and he had seven siblings. He studied at the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Franklin, Wisconsin. He was ordained a priest in 1942.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1954	1964	Walls, MS, USA

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Birth

January 6, 1915

Fairport, NY, USA

Priestly ordination

1942

Service abroad

1954 – 1964

Walls, MS, USA

Death

June 17, 1968

USA

Sources

http://www.shsst.edu/pdf/2010-11%20Alumni%20Directory.pdf✕
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133376926/stephen-hogya✕
KMVÉ: 1954-1964.;

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Hogya István SCJ: 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=407 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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