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Kiss János Ábel OFM

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Deceased

Birth data:: Tápiógyörgye, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — July 4, 1913
Death data:: currently USA, USA — 1956 after
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: ferences (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) (Kapisztránus rendtartomány)

Ordination level:: religious brother (not ordained priest)
Entry into religious life:: January 12, 1930
Perpetual vows:: September 4, 1934

Biographical data

He entered the order on January 12, 1930. He began his novitiate on September 2, 1930. He took his perpetual vows on September 17, 1934. He celebrated the silver jubilee of his vows in 1956. The place and date of his death are unknown. Since he does not appear in the 1994 Kapisztrán sematizmus, it is possible that he left the order.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1931	1936	Hatvan, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		sexton
1939		Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		organist

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1936	1937	Roebling, NJ, USA	Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség	organist
1938		Alpha, NJ, USA	Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség	organist
1940	1946	Carteret, NJ, USA	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség
1947		Flint, MI, USA
1948 after		Milwaukee, WI, USA		sacristan, organist

Life timeline

Birth

July 4, 1913

Tápiógyörgye, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

January 12, 1930

Service in the homeland

1931 – 1936

Hatvan, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

sexton

Perpetual vows

September 4, 1934

Service abroad

1936 – 1937

Roebling, NJ, USA

Nagyboldogasszony R. K. Egyházközség

organist

Service abroad

1938

Alpha, NJ, USA

Magyarok Nagyasszonya R. K. Egyházközség

organist

Service in the homeland

1939

Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

organist

Service abroad

1940 – 1946

Carteret, NJ, USA

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1947

Flint, MI, USA

Service abroad

1948

Milwaukee, WI, USA

sacristan, organist

Death

1956

currently USA, USA

Sources

Amerikai Magyar Népszava, 1956-09-13.; pp. 6.
https://gyongyos.ofm.hu/a-magyar-ferencesek-amerikaban/✓
https://archivum.ferencesek.hu/letoltes/schem/Cap.1940.Schem.pdf✓
https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/collection/ferences_kiadvanyok_tabula/✕

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Citation for this entry

Kiss János Ábel 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=542 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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