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Orosz Bálint

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Deceased

Birth data:: Vajnág, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vonihovo (Вонігове), Ukraine — September 27, 1901
Death data:: Homestead, PA, USA — October 29, 1958
Denomination:: Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Hajdúdorog

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 29, 1926
Place of burial:: Est Mifflin Cemetery
Allegheny Country, PA, USA
Other name used:: Rev Valentine "Balázs" C Orosz

Biographical data

His parents were Gyula Orosz, a priest, and Mária Pogácsás-Balogh. He arrived in the United States with his family on February 16, 1903, and returned home in 1908. On June 29, 1926, in Nyíregyháza, he was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Hajdúdorog by Diocesan Bishop István Miklósy. He was an unmarried pastor. In 1931, he moved back to the United States, arriving on January 30, 1931, aboard the steamship Leviathan.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1926	1931	Debrecen, Kingdom of Hungary	Hungary		assistant pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1931	1944	Toledo, OH, USA		Szent Mihály Főangyal templom	parish priest
1944	1958	Homestead, PA, USA		Szent Illés próféta templom	parish priest

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Birth

September 27, 1901

Vajnág, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Vonihovo (Вонігове), Ukraine

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1926

Nyíregyháza, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1926 – 1931

Debrecen, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1931 – 1944

Toledo, OH, USA

Szent Mihály Főangyal templom

parish priest

Service abroad

1944 – 1958

Homestead, PA, USA

Szent Illés próféta templom

parish priest

Death

October 29, 1958

Homestead, PA, USA

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75740488;✕
MKL: Orosz;
KMVÉ: 1945-1958; http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/St._Michael_Byzantine_Catholic_Church_Toledo;
Görög katolikus: 137.;
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10512/ellis-islan-es-egyeb-new-york-i-utaslistak-1820-1957?itemId=135629731-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Balint+Orosz✓
https://byzantinohungarica.com/generations/priest/318✕

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Citation for this entry

Orosz Bálint: 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=838 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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