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Major Dezső

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Deceased

Birth data:: Bikács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — November 2, 1878
Death data:: Farrell, OH, USA — April 11, 1935
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Kassa

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1903
Place of burial:: Holy Trinity Hungarian Roman Catholic Cemetery
Hermitage, PA, Hungary

Biographical data

He studied in Budapest and Innsbruck. He was ordained a priest in 1903. He arrived in the United States around 1906. He is buried at C. Cemetery in Hermitage, PA.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1903	1906	Zemplénszinna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Snina, Slovakia		assistant pastor
1903	1906	Homonna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Humenné, Slovakia

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1907	1912	Bridgeport, CT, USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség
1912	1914	Gary, IN, USA
1914	1916	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Szent Anna R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest
1916	1918	Hazelwood, MI, USA		parish priest
1918	1919	McAdoo, PA, USA		parish priest
1919	1935	Farrell, OH, USA		parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

November 2, 1878

Bikács, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1903 – 1906

Zemplénszinna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Snina, Slovakia

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1903 – 1906

Homonna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Humenné, Slovakia

Priestly ordination

1903

Service abroad

1907 – 1912

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

Service abroad

1912 – 1914

Gary, IN, USA

Service abroad

1914 – 1916

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Szent Anna R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service abroad

1916 – 1918

Hazelwood, MI, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1918 – 1919

McAdoo, PA, USA

parish priest

Service abroad

1919 – 1935

Farrell, OH, USA

parish priest

Death

April 11, 1935

Farrell, OH, USA

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74082804/desiderius-major✕
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Török: 163, 171, 252.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-post-first-hungarian-refo/121135385/✓

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Citation for this entry

Major Dezső: 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=687 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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