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My mistake...I could have sworn the Kingston parish was the Hungarian one. I'm pretty sure there is (or was) one somewhere in the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh!

God bless and keep you....

The only Hungarian one in Eastern Pennsylvania is in Coatsville. At one time there 15 Hungarian parishes in the Pittsburgh Metropolia. I think about 7--and dropping--are still active.

The Canadian Hungarian Parishes form a deanery in the Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto: http://www.ucet.ca/Eparchy.002.012.000.htm
The Canadian Romanians are also subject to the Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto.

The only Hungarian parishes left in the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh are Transfiguration, McKeesport, St. Elias, Munhall and St. George, Youngstown.

There is also St. John's Hungarian Byzantine Catholic church in Solon Ohio.

Yes, the Solon parish is the former St. John's on Buckeye Road in Cleveland which in its heyday had over 3,000 members. I believe it is the mother church of St. Theodosius Orthodox Church, which was founded by Rusyns.

Saint Michael's in Oregon, OH (Toledo suburb) was founded by Hungarians. DL has been taken in English for decades now.

[quote=Deacon El]Christ is Risen!

Yes, the Hungarian parishes in the U.S. are part of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church. In Canada, I believe, they are part of the Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church, and not the Ukrainians.

There are very few Hungarian parishes left in the U.S.

St. John�s in Cleveland was Hungarian when it was located on Buckeye Rd. The parish was formed in 1892. That mega-neighborhood was Hungarian for many decades, with Hungarian stores, churches, newspapers, radio stations and many cultural activities available. Then during the 1960�s, the Hungarians moved to the suburbs. That move was essentially caused by inner city problems, and the Hungarian concentration in that neighborhood was dispersed throughout the area. The Hungarians then became a small minority of whatever area they moved to, and the Hungarian character was lost.

Eventually the parish moved to suburban Solon, but was never able to regain the Hungarian character. The parish is small and struggling today, while the old Hungarian Gospel Book sits unused in the sacristy.

I will always remember the great celebrations of the past. Unfortunately, our people today will not share those same memories.

Deacon El

There was also a Greek Catholic Hungarian parish in the old Hungarian neighborhood in Detroit called St. John the Baptist where I was baptised in the sixties and I think the parish lasted until around the mid-seventies. They had the liturgy in Hungarian. About the same thing happened there as what you described in Cleveland, the parishoners became absorbed into the Ruthenian parish in the suburbs. I remember those celebrations too but all that`s long gone in that area now.

I know Holy Protection Mother of God in Homer City,Pa was long ago a Hungarian parish because I remember my Grandmother talking about that being their church when they lived in Pennsylvania.

There's a reasonably complete listing at this thread

Many years,

Neil

No, they are part of the Ukrainian Church. http://www.ucet.ca/Eparchy.002.012.000.htm

How about St. Mary's in Duquesne or has it closed?

St. Mary parish in Duquesne is closed.

Ung

Does anyone recall the name of the Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church which was on West 44th St.in Cleveland?My mother lived on that street from about 1982 until her deeath in 1996,but the location of the church was a few houses away from her house.The parish was long gone by then,only a vacant lot where the church once stood.I myself was pastor of what was orinally the first Romanian Orthodox Church in the US in Cleveland from 1983-90;but the congregation was Russian,the building had been purchased from the Romanians about 1956.St.Helena Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church was just around the block from us on West 65th St.

Bless, Father,

I can't find a reference to one on W 44th St in particular. But, see thiis history of Hungarian churches in Cleveland [web.ulib.csuohio.edu]. I'm not familiar enough with the area to know if any of those referenced may be the one of which you speak, under a different street address.

Many years,

Neil