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Iván András, dr

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Birth data:: Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA — August 1, 1892
Death data:: Blakely, PA, USA — December 5, 1922
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Munkács

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: April 1, 1917
Place of burial:: Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Cemetery
Jessup, PA, USA

Biographical data

He was a second-generation Hungarian. His parents were Mihály Iván and Erzsébet Walatka. His wife was Eugénia Saksou. They had four children. He was ordained a priest on April 1, 1917. While hunting in the Moosic Mountains, he bled to death after being accidentally shot in the right thigh.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1917	1922	Jessup, PA, USA			pastor

Life timeline

Birth

August 1, 1892

Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA

Priestly ordination

April 1, 1917

Service abroad

1917 – 1922

Jessup, PA, USA

pastor

Death

December 5, 1922

Blakely, PA, USA

Sources

Munkács: 362.;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138619191/andrew-ivan✕

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Citation for this entry

Iván András, dr: 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=462 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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