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Bartha Károly SVD

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Deceased

Birth data:: Késmárk, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kežmarok, Slovakia — October 29, 1913
Death data:: Santa Rosa, CA, USA — November 3, 2008
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)

Ordination level:: priest
Perpetual vows:: 1935
Priestly ordination:: 1939

Biographical data

He took his vows in the Divine Word Missionaries in 1935. He completed his studies in Austria at the Divine Word Missionaries’ St. Gabriel Seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1939.

He served as a missionary in Japan from 1948 to 1968, and then lived in the United States beginning in 1966.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1935	1942	Budatétény, Kingdom of Hungary	Budapest - XXII. kerület, Hungary		financial manager
1942	1948	Kiskunfélegyháza, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		small group leader

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1948	1968	Japán	missionary and high school principal
1968	1970	San Francisco, CA, USA
1970	1970	Santa Rosa, CA, USA
1970	1977	Washington DC, USA

Life timeline

Birth

October 29, 1913

Késmárk, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kežmarok, Slovakia

Service in the homeland

1935 – 1942

Budatétény, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Budapest - XXII. kerület, Hungary

financial manager

Perpetual vows

1935

Priestly ordination

1939

Service in the homeland

1942 – 1948

Kiskunfélegyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

small group leader

Service abroad

1948 – 1968

Japán

missionary and high school principal

Service abroad

1968 – 1970

San Francisco, CA, USA

Service abroad

1970 – 1970

Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Service abroad

1970 – 1977

Washington DC, USA

Death

November 3, 2008

Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Sources

https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-12101/united-states-obituary-index-from-online-sources?itemId=12538605-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Charles+E.+Bartha✓
Világposta – A verbita missziós szerzetesek lapja – 2008. tél. IV. évf. 4. szám, pp.2.
Família Kárpát-Medencei Családi Magazin, 2004. október, pp. 20.

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Citation for this entry

Bartha Károly SVD: 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=49 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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