Kispolány, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Malá Poľana, Slovakia — April 9, 1865
Death data:
Homonna, Csehszlovákia, currently Humenné, Slovakia — December 4, 1945
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Eperjes
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine — April 9, 1891
Biographical data
His parents were Father Bazil Martyák and Katalin Janovits. He was the brother of Gábor and Miklós Martyák. He was a married pastor; his wife was Vilma Petrásovszky, and they had six children. He was ordained a priest in Uzhhorod on April 9, 1891. He lived in the United States from 1893 to 1901. He was the first priest of St. John the Baptist Hungarian Church in Hazelton and played a key role in the organization and growth of the Greek Catholic Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania.
Domestic service locations
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To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1891
1893
Balázsvágás, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Blažov, Slovakia
assistant pastor, then pastor (including a stint in Puczákfalva)
Martyák Viktor: 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=704 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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