Kalocsa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — March 18, 1897
Other name used:
felső-kubini és deménfalvi
Biographical data
His parents were János Kubinyi, Imperial and Royal Lieutenant General, and Mária-Matild Földváry of Földvár-Bernáthfalva, Imperial and Royal Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross. His godfather was Emperor Franz Joseph, King of Hungary. He completed his secondary education at the high schools in Szeged, Budapest’s 5th District, and Esztergom. He studied theology in Kalocsa. He was ordained a priest on March 18, 1897. He arrived in the United States around 1900. In 1912, he broke away from the Church, which caused a schism among the faithful (he first converted to the Old Catholic Church, then to the Episcopal Church). (According to the MKL, Kubinyi later repented of his mistake, did penance in a Hungarian monastery, and died there in 1938; however, other sources state that he lived until 1966 and ceased his priestly activities.) On April 25, 1916, in New York City, he married Florence Marie Telmany (born in New York on December 20, 1895; pen name: F. M. Gloria). According to Máté, he was a member of the Diocese of Eger. He was an enthusiastic writer, painter, and performer. According to some sources, he returned to Hungary after World War II, but he passed away during a visit to the United States in 1966.
Domestic service locations
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1897
1900
Bácsordas, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Karavukovo (Каравуково), Serbia
assistant pastor
1900 circa
Szabadka, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Subotica (Суботица), Serbia
assistant pastor
Foreign service locations
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1900 after
Irvington, NJ, USA
1906
1909
South River, NJ, USA
parish priest
1909
1912
Newark, NJ, USA
parish priest
1912
South Bend, IN, USA
parish priest, who went on to found the Hungarian National Church; later an Old Catholic bishop, and then an Episcopal minister
Literary activity
Cikkei a Magyar Sionban (1897. Kamaldoli), a Magyar Államban (1897. 269. sz. A tíz éves M. Szemle, 1898. 118., 119. sz. Fra Girolamo Savonarola és tárcacikkek, könyvismertetések), a Budapesti Szemlében (1898. Rotschild és Waterlo, Bonaparte Lätizia); a Kalocsai Néplapnak, az apatini Duna-Tisza c. lapnak és a Pallas nagy. Lexikonának is munkatársa. Mariska, vagy okosan keresd a boldogságot. Bpest, 1894. (Népiratok 93.) Von Zavar bis Zsigmondháza. Kalocsa, 1895. Fejérváry Géza báró. Bpest, 1896. (Kőrösi László, Korrajzok XXII.) Az ellenség. Hillmann J. után németből átdolgozva. U. ott, 1897. 5. Bonaparte Lätizia. U. ott, 1898. Maisonrouge. Regény. Francziából szabadon átdolgozva. U. ott, 1899. (Ism. M. Állam73. sz.). I. Napoleon. Történeti jellemrajz. U. ott, 1899. Két kötet. Vatikán, a pápák egyetemes kultur-története. U. ott, 1900.
Kubinyi Viktor: 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=618 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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