Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad

Madár János

← → PDF export

Deceased

Birth data:: Szécsmező, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovská Polianka, Slovakia — April 8, 1878
Death data:: Gálszécs, Csehszlovákia, currently Sečovce, Slovakia — January 8, 1962
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Kassa

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: 1902

Biographical data

He was ordained a priest in 1902. He served in the United States from 1904 to 1909.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1902	1904	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Slovakia	He serves as an assistant pastor in: Forró, Hanusfalva, Vásárhely, Abaújszántó, Bodrogolaszi, Magyarizsép, and Kurima
1909	1919	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Hungary	He serves as an assistant pastor in: Forró, Hanusfalva, Vásárhely, Abaújszántó, Bodrogolaszi, Magyarizsép, and Kurima
1919	1944	Sóskút, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary	parish priest

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1904	1909	Bridgeport, CT, USA		Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

April 8, 1878

Szécsmező, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Sečovská Polianka, Slovakia

Service in the homeland

1902 – 1904

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia

He serves as an assistant pastor in: Forró, Hanusfalva, Vásárhely, Abaújszántó, Bodrogolaszi, Magyarizsép, and Kurima

Priestly ordination

1902

Service abroad

1904 – 1909

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest

Service in the homeland

1909 – 1919

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

He serves as an assistant pastor in: Forró, Hanusfalva, Vásárhely, Abaújszántó, Bodrogolaszi, Magyarizsép, and Kurima

Service in the homeland

1919 – 1944

Sóskút, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

parish priest

Death

January 8, 1962

Gálszécs, Csehszlovákia, currently Sečovce, Slovakia

Sources

MKL: Bridgeport;
Hajnal – 1908/10., pp. 190.; 1908/12., pp. 99., 221.
Kassa1904: 767.;
Török: 85.;
Máté: 214.;

Images

Click an image to enlarge. Navigation: ← →, close: Esc.

Places related to this person on the map

● birth ● priestly ordination ● domestic service ● foreign service ● death ● burial

Similar and related clergy

Citation for this entry

Madár János: 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=679 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

Last modified: June 19, 2026 11:12 | Opened: 105 times