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Markovics Lajos

parish priest, titular dean

Lajos Markovics was a Croatian parish priest, born in Felsőberkifalu in Vas County, a settlement formerly inhabited by Croatians. He was ordained a priest in Szombathely on June 16, 1935. He became a chaplain in Apátistvánfalva, where he served as parish priest until his death, and is buried there. In 1975 he became a titular dean. He learned the local Slovenian dialect. He held masses and religious lessons in Slovenian. Together with the Slovenian parish priest of Felsőszölnök, János Kühár, he has worked hard throughout his life to preserve the Slovenian Rába Region’s language and national identity. In 2018, his memorial plaque was unveiled in the church.

Information on digitization

Name of site

Apátistvánfalva/Števanovci

Other settlement names

Istvánfalu, Istvánfalva, Balázsfalva, Stephelsdorff, Stephanovczy, Ischtwánfalu, Stephansdorf, Istvanfalu, Stepheldorf, Stephanovczy, Stefansdorf, Stefelsdorf

Place and date of birth

Felsőberkifalu, 1908. 08. 19.

Place and date of death

Apátistvánfalva, 1981. 05. 12.

Biography

A horvát nemzetiségű Markovics Lajos Felsőberkifaluban született 1908. 8. 19-én. Szombathelyen szentelték pappá 1935. 6. 16-án. Apátistvánfalván szolgált szlovén káplán, majd plébánosként. 1975-ben címzetes esperes lett. 1981. 5. 12-én halt meg, és itt van eltemetve a templom melletti temetőben. 2018-tól emléktáblája van a templomban.

Written sources

A szombathelyi egyházmegye névtára 1977, Szombathely, 1977. 95.

Restrictions on use

Korlátozott

Date of documentation

2018-09-28

Person documenting

Mukicsné Kozár Mária

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