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Kroneisz Flórián SVD

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Deceased

Birth data:: Magyarkimle, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kimle, Hungary — November 26, 1904
Death data:: Lorenzo, Paraguay — July 16, 1976
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: verbita (Societas Verbi Divini)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1931
Place of burial:: St. Lorenzo, Argentína

Biographical data

His parents were Flórián Kroneisz and Izabella Walter; he had eight siblings, and his twin brother Gábor died at the age of 102. He was a former student of the St. Gabriel Institute of the Missionary Society. He was ordained a priest in 1931 and immediately sent to Argentina as a missionary. According to Brazilian immigration records, he traveled to Brazil in 1955. At that time, he is listed as a Paraguayan citizen. No further information about his life is available. About 20 km from Asunción, Paraguay, in St.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1932	1945	Argentína			missionary, chaplain for a short time

Life timeline

Birth

November 26, 1904

Magyarkimle, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kimle, Hungary

Priestly ordination

1931

Service abroad

1932 – 1945

Argentína

missionary, chaplain for a short time

Death

July 16, 1976

Lorenzo, Paraguay

Sources

Világposta, 1931/6. pp. 191.;
Világposta, 1939/7. pp. 195.;
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/a/l/Joseph-F-Walter/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0027.html✕
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-1/myheritage-csaladfak?itemId=1540479952-1-500015&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Florian+Kroneisz✕

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Citation for this entry

Kroneisz Flórián SVD: 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=611 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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