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Baráth Sándor Benedek OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Jászberény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — May 25, 1900
Death data:: Flint, MI, USA — July 8, 1989
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztrán kusztódia)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: March 24, 1927
Perpetual vows:: Kína — September 1, 1932
Place of burial:: Holy Assumption Cemetery
Florence Township, NJ, USA

Biographical data

His parents were Mihály Baráth and Julianna Csák; he had eight siblings. He entered the order on March 24, 1927. He began his novitiate on August 28, 1928, and upon its completion, he went to China as a missionary, where he took his final vows on September 1, 1932. He arrived in the United States in 1953, departing from Hong Kong and traveling via Honolulu aboard the SS Pioneer Wave. His last place of residence was Burton, MI, USA.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1932	1945	Kína			Missionary in several locations, gardener, kitchen assistant. Places of service (dates uncertain: Fukiacung, Jungchowfu, Taohvaping, Paoking)
1953	1989	Dewitt, MI, USA			Brother, whose primary place of service was Dewitt, MI, USA.

Life timeline

Birth

May 25, 1900

Jászberény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

March 24, 1927

Service abroad

1932 előtt – 1945 után

Kína

Missionary in several locations, gardener, kitchen assistant. Places of service (dates uncertain: Fukiacung, Jungchowfu, Taohvaping, Paoking)

Perpetual vows

September 1, 1932

Kína

Service abroad

1953 – 1989

Dewitt, MI, USA

Brother, whose primary place of service was Dewitt, MI, USA.

Death

July 8, 1989

Flint, MI, USA

Sources

MKL: Baráth
OFM-K-1994: 43.
Kálmán Pelegrin: Szatmári irgalmas nővérek Kínában, MEV, 2003/1-2., 78.
https://www.stfrancis.ws/history✓
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Benedict-A-Barath/46385584?referrer=myheritage✓
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10722/honolulu-hawaii-utasok-listaja-1900-1953?itemId=1791750-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Sander+Benedek+Barath#fullscreen✓

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Citation for this entry

Baráth Sándor Benedek 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=44 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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