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Furdek, Štefan

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FURDEK, ŠTEFAN. - Catholic priest, b. at Trstená in Orava (Slovakia) on 2 Sept. 1855, d. in Cleveland (Ohio) on 18 Jan. 1915. Having gone to America in 1882, he was among the first Slovak priests who exercised their apostolate there in the New World; he became a curate in Cleveland and organized the Slovak parish of that same city.

In 1890 he founded a Slovak Catholic Federation (Prva slovenská katolícka Jednota), a national organization with a Catholic religious character, aimed especially at purposes of social and cultural assistance. In 1861 he published the periodical Jednota for emigrants. He distinguished himself as a popular religious writer, in the work of safeguarding newly emigrated workers, as well as for his sentiments of lively patriotism.

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BIBL.: F. Oswald, S. F., in Tovarskiya, 3 (1900), pp. 289-292; K. Čuleň, Dejlovy Slovákov o Amerike (History of the Slovaks in America), 2 vols., Bratislava 1942, passim.

Michele Lacko

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1816.

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Lacko, Michele. “Furdek, štefan.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1816. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/furdek-stefan.

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Lacko, Michele. “Furdek, štefan.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1816. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/furdek-stefan.

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  author    = {Lacko, Michele},
  title     = {Furdek, štefan},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1816},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/furdek-stefan}
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