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Horváth Olivér Jenő (OFM)

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Deceased

Birth data:: Sopronszécsény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Pereszteg, Hungary — July 11, 1900
Death data:: USA — November 29, 1971
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
previously: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Marianus rendtartomány) (1942-ig) → Wheeling–Charleston, WV

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: August 26, 1915
Perpetual vows:: December 20, 1923
Priestly ordination:: June 29, 1924

Biographical data

He entered the Order on August 26, 1915. He took his perpetual vows on December 20, 1923. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1924. He arrived in North America in 1930. He is no longer listed in the 1942 Franciscan directory. It is presumed that he left the order and served in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1924	1927	Felsősegesd, Kingdom of Hungary	Segesd, Hungary	assistant pastor
1927		Pápa, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	religious educator
1928	1929	Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	preacher
1930		Nagykanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	religious educator

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1930	1936	Welland, ON, Canada
1936		Pittsburgh, PA, USA
1937	1940	Milwaukee, WI, USA
1940		New Brunswick, NJ, USA	Szent László R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1944	1954	Leechburg, PA, USA

Life timeline

Birth

July 11, 1900

Sopronszécsény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Pereszteg, Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 26, 1915

Perpetual vows

December 20, 1923

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1924

Service in the homeland

1924 – 1927

Felsősegesd, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Segesd, Hungary

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1927

Pápa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious educator

Service in the homeland

1928 – 1929

Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

preacher

Service abroad

1930 – 1936

Welland, ON, Canada

Service in the homeland

1930

Nagykanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

religious educator

Service abroad

1936

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Service abroad

1937 – 1940

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Service abroad

1940

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Szent László R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1944 – 1954

Leechburg, PA, USA

Death

November 29, 1971

USA

Sources

MKL: Wellandi Magyarok Nagyasszonya egyházközség;
Máté: 211.;
Török: 376.;
Nemzeti Ujság, 1930-10-14.;
https://dwc.org/directory-listing/rev-eugene-horvath/1205/✓
KMVÉ: 1945-1954

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Citation for this entry

Horváth Olivér Jenő (OFM): 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=436 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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