Győr, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — June 29, 1913
Place of burial:
Tát, Hungary
Biographical data
He traced his family back to the family of Napoleon. He was ordained a priest in Győr on June 29, 1913. In 1920, as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, he transferred to the Diocese of Székesfehérvár, and in 1925 he was incardinated into the Diocese of Esztergom. According to the December 8, 1928, issue of Est, he was a Benedictine oblate and the head of the Missionary Medical Association, which made an offer to purchase the Sósfürdő. He played a significant role in the Verbite monks settling in Budatétény. He spent a short time in Canada. Since he undertook numerous missionary trips, traveling primarily by plane, he was also known as the “Saskatchewan Flying Priest.” Among his students was Leslie Nilsen, who was then a young schoolboy and later became a renowned actor. He served as chairman of the school board in the village of Tát and was posthumously awarded honorary citizenship (he received the title in 1997).
Koch Róbert: 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=556 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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