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Jakab András, Dr.

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Birth data:: Detroit, MI, USA — 1912
Death data:: Detroit, MI, USA — February 1, 1974
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Detroit, MI, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — 1934

Biographical data

He was assigned to Holy Cross Church in Detroit. He completed his theological studies in Detroit and then in Kalocsa. He was ordained a subdeacon in Budapest in 1934 by Bishop Michael Gallanger of Detroit at the convent church of the Daughters of Divine Love in Svábhegy. He was ordained a deacon in Kalocsa on November 25, 1934, and then a priest there on June 16, 1935. The Hungarian State Security Service listed him as a suspected spy, and his information was included in the Central Counterintelligence Database (KKA). He died suddenly.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1935	1974	Detroit, MI, USA		Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, then parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

1912

Detroit, MI, USA

Priestly ordination

1934

Kalocsa, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1935 – 1974

Detroit, MI, USA

Szent Kereszt R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, then parish priest

Death

February 1, 1974

Detroit, MI, USA

Sources

Kalocsai Főegyházmegyei Körlevelek, 1935, Nr. 100; Nr. 2111;
KMVÉ: 1945-1975;
MKL: Detroit;
Máté: 211.;
Shvoy: 88.;
Török:139.;
KMV, 1974-02-17., pp.2.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1262-1263.

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Jakab András, Dr.: 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=472 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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