Ötvösfalva, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Zolotarovo (Золотарьово), Ukraine — November 18, 1858
Death data:
New York, NY, USA — June 28, 1915
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Munkács
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Munkács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine — January 6, 1886
Other name used:
Illyasevics, Illjaszevits, Cornelius Illyasevits
Biographical data
His father was Antal Ilyásevics, a priest, and his mother was Teréz Lipeczky. On November 25, 1886, he married Olga Homicskó.
He pursued his theological studies in Uzhhorod. He was ordained a priest on January 6, 1886, by János Pásztélyi Kovács, Bishop of Munkács. Until 1889, he served as the reserve field chaplain of the 11th Honvéd Half-Brigade, at which time he was discharged.
According to sources, he spoke little or no English. He was a member of Albert Apponyi’s reception committee in 1904; by then he was already referred to as a Greek Catholic priest, but there is no evidence of his conversion. Later sources mention a lawsuit brought against Elek Tóth, who had converted to Orthodoxy, in which he was involved, and which was won by the Greek Catholic Church.
Domestic service locations
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Church / institution
Position
1886
Kövesliget, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Drahovo (Драгово), Ukraine
assistant pastor
1886
1888
Máramarossziget, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Sighetu Marmației, Romania
Religious education teacher for Ruthenian-speaking students at a state girls’ school
Illyasevits Kornél: 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=455 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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