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Maczkó József

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Deceased

Birth data:: Kavicsos, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Livov, Slovakia — January 2, 1893
Death data:: Mercer, NJ, USA — March 1, 1978
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Hajdúdorog (1924-ig) → Pittburgh, PA, USA

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: August 10, 1922
Other name used:: Maczkov

Biographical data

His parents were János Maczkó and Mária Karaffa. He completed his studies in Uzhhorod, having begun them as a seminarian in the Diocese of Munkács; in 1922, he was transferred to the Diocese of Hajdúdorog. Bishop Nicetas Budka ordained him as a priest of the Diocese of Hajdúdorog on August 10, 1922. He was a married pastor. His wife was Magdolna Volosin (†1985); their children were Magdolna (1923), Alice (1926), and József (1928). He presumably arrived in the United States on December 28, 1921, aboard the steamship Nieuw Amsterdam. From 1924 onward, he served under the Apostolic Exarchate of Pittsburgh.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Position
1924 after	1936	Youngstown, OH, USA	parish priest
1936	1945 circa	Fairport, NY, USA	parish priest
1945 circa	1972	Trenton, NJ, USA	parish priest
1972	1978	Trenton, NJ, USA	retired

Life timeline

Birth

January 2, 1893

Kavicsos, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Livov, Slovakia

Priestly ordination

August 10, 1922

Service abroad

1924 – 1936

Youngstown, OH, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1936 – 1945

Fairport, NY, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1945 – 1972

Trenton, NJ, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1972 – 1978

Trenton, NJ, USA

retired

Death

March 1, 1978

Mercer, NJ, USA

Sources

Görög katolikus: 127.;
Török: 307, 326.;
KMVÉ: 1945-1978.;
Görögkatolikus tudósító, 1922. június 11., pp. 3. , 1922. július 2., pp. 3., 1922. szeptember 10., pp.5.;
https://byzantinohungarica.com/generations/pries✕
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-40001/familysearch-csaladfa?itemId=100060459&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Jozsef+Maczko✓

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Citation for this entry

Maczkó József: 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=677 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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