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Janisek Ferenc

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Deceased

Birth data:: ismeretlen
Death data:: ismeretlen
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: ismeretlen (nincs adat)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: ismeretlen
Place of burial:: ismeretlen
Other name used:: Rev. Francis Janisek

Biographical data

No biographical details about him have survived. He was invited by the landowner Ralph L. Spencer to the now-defunct settlement of Georgiai Budapest to serve as a spiritual guide for the Hungarians who had been settled there to work on the vineyards. The church he built still stands today, though it is now used as a private residence.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1890 circa		Budapest, GA, USA			parish priest, Hungarian pastor

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Service abroad

1890

Budapest, GA, USA

parish priest, Hungarian pastor

Sources

Népszabadság, 2010-09-04., pp. 12.;
Magyar Szó, 2012-02-14., pp. 19.;
https://archive.org/details/TallapoosaTerritory1952/page/n13/mode/2up✓

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Citation for this entry

Janisek Ferenc: 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=474 (accessed: 2026-07-06).

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