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Kish Máté

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Birth data:: East Chicago, IN, USA — April 12, 1917
Death data:: Hammond, IN, USA — November 22, 2012
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Gary, IN, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: June 6, 1943
Place of burial:: Saint John Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Hammond, IN, USA
Other name used:: Rev Matthew Joseph Kish

Biographical data

He is a second-generation Hungarian. His parents were Mihály Kish and Teréz Bellencs; he had four siblings. He graduated from Catholic Central High School in 1935. He completed his theological studies at St. Meinrad Seminary and was ordained a priest on June 6, 1943.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1946	1948	Gary, IN, USA
1949	1952	East Chicago, IN, USA	Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1953	1955	Griffith, IN, USA
1956	1994	Gary, IN, USA		parish priest; in the meantime, in 1976, he served as an assistant pastor in Flint, MI, USA
1994	2012	Gary, IN, USA		retired

Life timeline

Birth

April 12, 1917

East Chicago, IN, USA

Priestly ordination

June 6, 1943

Service abroad

1946 – 1948

Gary, IN, USA

Service abroad

1949 – 1952

East Chicago, IN, USA

Szentháromság R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1953 – 1955

Griffith, IN, USA

Service abroad

1956 – 1994

Gary, IN, USA

parish priest; in the meantime, in 1976, he served as an assistant pastor in Flint, MI, USA

Service abroad

1994 – 2012

Gary, IN, USA

retired

Death

November 22, 2012

Hammond, IN, USA

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103407888/matthew-j.-kish✕
KMVÉ: 1946-1975.;
Török: 172.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1450.;
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-40001/familysearch-csaladfa?itemId=1941952738&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Rev+Matthew+Joseph+Kish✓

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Kish Máté: 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=537 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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