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Kaczián Alfonz József OFM

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Kaczián Alfonz József OFM

Deceased

Birth data:: 1915 circa
Death data:: Trenton, NJ, USA — August 7, 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:: 1967 circa
Place of burial:: Roebling, NJ, USA

Biographical data

He joined the order around 1967, at the age of 53. No personal details about him have been found. A surviving copy of his personal bookplate bears the inscription “From the library of Br. Kaczián Alfonz József O.F.M.,” which confirms both his status as a friar and his interest in collecting books.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1982 circa		Roebling, NJ, USA		Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség	monk

Life timeline

Birth

1915

Entry into religious life

1967

Service abroad

1982

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

monk

Death

August 7, 1989

Trenton, NJ, USA

Sources

OFM-K-1994: 43.;
https://gyujtemeny.imm.hu/gyujtemeny/ex-libris-br-kaczian-alfonz-jozsef-o-f-m-konyvtarabol/68739?npn=1✓

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Citation for this entry

Kaczián Alfonz József 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=496 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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