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Kóczán Ákos SDB

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Birth data:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 2, 1922
Death data:: La Habana, Kuba — March 8, 2007
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: szalézi (Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: 1940
Priestly ordination:: Kuba — December 4, 1949

Biographical data

His first name was Ágoston, as recorded in the Miklósházy register. He entered the Salesian Order in 1940 and completed his novitiate in Mezőnyárád. He arrived in Cuba in 1948 and was ordained a priest there on December 4, 1949. The locals knew him as Fr. Ágoston. It was noted that he walked slowly, spent a great deal of time in the confessional, and regularly visited the sick. In 1957, he transferred to the Cistercian Order, but returned a few months later.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1948	2007	Vibora, Kuba			on duty

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Birth

August 2, 1922

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

1940

Service abroad

1948 – 2007

Vibora, Kuba

on duty

Priestly ordination

December 4, 1949

Kuba

Death

March 8, 2007

La Habana, Kuba

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Citation for this entry

Kóczán Ákos SDB: 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=595 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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