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Biskoroványi Vilmos O.Praem

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Deceased

Birth data:: December 22, 1878
Death data:: Guttenberg, NJ, USA — August 21, 1952
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: premontrei (Ordo Praemonstratensis)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1902
Place of burial:: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Tenafly, NJ, USA

Biographical data

He was ordained a priest in 1902. He arrived in the United States on August 10, 1905, aboard the ship Barbarossa, which had departed from the port of Bremen. In 1913, he conducted a survey of Hungarian Roman Catholic churches in the United States and their educational activities. He also served as a port chaplain and, from 1913 to 1939, as a representative of the St. Ladislaus Society.

Notes

Country codes: USA

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1903	1903	Rozsnyó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Rožňava, Slovakia		high school teacher
1904	1905	Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Košice, Slovakia

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1907		New York, NY, USA		Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor, port pastor
1910	1952	Guttenberg, NJ, USA		szlovák templom	parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

December 22, 1878

Priestly ordination

1902

Service in the homeland

1903 – 1903

Rozsnyó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Rožňava, Slovakia

high school teacher

Service in the homeland

1904 – 1905

Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Košice, Slovakia

Service abroad

1907

New York, NY, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor, port pastor

Service abroad

1910 – 1952

Guttenberg, NJ, USA

szlovák templom

parish priest

Death

August 21, 1952

Guttenberg, NJ, USA

Sources

http://www.adatbank.transindex.ro/regio/html/alcim_pdf65.pdf✕
Shvoy: 23, 58.
https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger-details/czoxMjoiMTAyNDM3MDkwMjE4Ijs=/czo5OiJwYXNzZW5nZXIiOw== MKVÉ: 1945-1953✕
Hajnal 1908-18. szám, pp. 329.
Pesti Hírlap, 1907-06-14., pp. 14.
Magyarország, 1903-04-01., pp. 14.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261212985/william-biskorovanyi✕
Máté: 204.

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Biskoroványi Vilmos O.Praem: 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=84 (accessed: 2026-07-06).

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