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Fölföldy Béla Barnabás

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Fölföldy Béla Barnabás
Deceased
Birth data:
Szelevény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — August 5, 1908
Death data:
Florence, KY, USA — December 14, 1979
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Nagyvárad
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 12, 1932
Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert Székesegyház
Place of burial:
Saint Pius X Seminary Cemetery
Florence, KY, USA
Biographical data
On June 12, 1932, he was ordained a priest in Esztergom by József Grősz, auxiliary bishop of Győr. He earned his doctorate in theology at Pázmány Péter University in Budapest on August 1, 1944.
Domestic service locations
From To Place i Current name, country i Church / institution Position
1932 Szarvas, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary
1932 1938 Endrőd, Kingdom of Hungary Gyomaendrőd, Hungary assistant pastor
1938 1941 Gyula, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary assistant pastor
1941 1942 Debrecen, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary Assistant pastor and religion teacher at the Roman Catholic girls’ high school and teacher training college
1942 1944 Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary Oradea, Romania Újváros assistant pastor
1944 Orosháza, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary independent religious educator
1944 Pér, Kingdom of Hungary Hungary refugee pastor
Foreign service locations
From To Place Current name, country Church / institution Position
1963 1964 Mays Lick, KY, USA
1965 1974 Middlesboro, KY, USA parish priest
1975 1979 Mt. Sterling, KY, USA parish priest
Literary activity
A magyar katholikus hitoktatás az ezerkilencszázas évek reformja után. Orosháza, 1944.
Life timeline
Birth
August 5, 1908
Szelevény, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary
Priestly ordination
June 12, 1932
Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert Székesegyház
Service in the homeland
1932 – 1938
Endrőd, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Gyomaendrőd, Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1932
Szarvas, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Service in the homeland
1938 – 1941
Gyula, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1941 – 1942
Debrecen, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
Assistant pastor and religion teacher at the Roman Catholic girls’ high school and teacher training college
Service in the homeland
1942 – 1944
Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Oradea, Romania
Újváros
assistant pastor
Service in the homeland
1944
Orosháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
independent religious educator
Service in the homeland
1944
Pér, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary
refugee pastor
Service abroad
1963 – 1964
Mays Lick, KY, USA
Service abroad
1965 – 1974
Middlesboro, KY, USA
parish priest
Service abroad
1975 – 1979
Mt. Sterling, KY, USA
parish priest
Death
December 14, 1979
Florence, KY, USA
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Citation for this entry
Fölföldy Béla Barnabás: 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=286 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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