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Raáb Sándor

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Birth data:: Hódság, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Odžaci (Оџаци), Serbia — June 20, 1912
Death data:: Germany — March 18, 1998
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: diocesan
Diocese / Order:: Kalocsa-Kecskemét (korábban Kalocsa, Kalocsa-Bács)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: Szabadka, Jugoszlávia, currently Subotica (Суботица), Serbia — June 29, 1936
Place of burial:: Friedhof am Perlacher Forst
Fasangarten, Germany

Biographical data

His parents were János Raáb and Teréz Mathiesz. He attended high school in Subotica and Travnik from 1923 to 1931. He studied theology in Zagreb from 1931 to 1936. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1936, in Subotica. His name appears among the priests of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa who disappeared to an unknown location as a result of World War II.
In 1944, he fled to the Diocese of Szombathely and from there went abroad. There is no information regarding his places of service after 1955.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Position
1936	1940	Doroszló, Jugoszlávia	Doroslovo (Дорослово), Serbia	assistant pastor (including a brief stint as assistant pastor in Dunabökény)
1940		Zombor, Jugoszlávia	Sombor (Сомбор), Serbia	assistant pastor
1941		Szond, Kingdom of Hungary	Sonta (Сонта), Serbia	assistant pastor
1942		Zombor, Kingdom of Hungary	Sombor (Сомбор), Serbia	hospital chaplain
1942		Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary	Novi Sad (Нови Сад), Serbia	assistant pastor, then on sick leave

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1952 after		Bridgeport, CT, USA	Szent István R. K. Egyházközség	assistant pastor
1953	1955	Bloomingdale, GA, USA
1955	1961 after	Powhatan Point, OH, USA	St. John Vianney Parish	parish priest
1968 before	1969 after	St. Joseph, WV, USA	St. Joseph Parish	parish priest
1998 before		Germany		retired

Life timeline

Birth

June 20, 1912

Hódság, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Odžaci (Оџаци), Serbia

Priestly ordination

June 29, 1936

Szabadka, Jugoszlávia, currently Subotica (Суботица), Serbia

Service in the homeland

1936 – 1940

Doroszló, Jugoszlávia, currently Doroslovo (Дорослово), Serbia

assistant pastor (including a brief stint as assistant pastor in Dunabökény)

Service in the homeland

1940

Zombor, Jugoszlávia, currently Sombor (Сомбор), Serbia

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1941

Szond, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Sonta (Сонта), Serbia

assistant pastor

Service in the homeland

1942

Zombor, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Sombor (Сомбор), Serbia

hospital chaplain

Service in the homeland

1942

Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Novi Sad (Нови Сад), Serbia

assistant pastor, then on sick leave

Service abroad

1952

Bridgeport, CT, USA

Szent István R. K. Egyházközség

assistant pastor

Service abroad

1953 – 1955

Bloomingdale, GA, USA

Service abroad

1955 – 1961

Powhatan Point, OH, USA

St. John Vianney Parish

parish priest

Service abroad

1968 – 1969

St. Joseph, WV, USA

St. Joseph Parish

parish priest

Death

March 18, 1998

Germany

Service abroad

1998

Germany

retired

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Citation for this entry

Raáb Sándor: 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=906 (accessed: 2026-07-09).

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