Hungarian bishop visits parish
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June 20, 2019
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIBISHOP VISITS ishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Stephen Magyar Church in Passaic June 16 where he celebrated Mass to mark the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity with Auxiliary Bishop Frenec Cserhati, of Estergom-Budapest, Hungary, who is in charge of the pastoral care of Hungarians living abroad. The Bishop and Auxiliary Bishop Cserhati are pictured with priests (from left) Father Laszlo Balough, administrator of St. Stephen; Father Stephen Prisk, priest/secretary to Bishop Serratelli, Father Ivan Csete, and members of the St. Laszlo Order and altar servers.Bishop Serratelli celebrates Mass with visiting bishop from Hungary at St. Stephen Magyar Parish in PassaicPASSAIC Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Stephen Magyar Church here June 16 where he celebrated Mass to mark the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity with Auxiliary Bishop Frenec Cserhati, of Estergom-Budapest, Hungary, who is in charge of the pastoral care of Hungarians living abroad.
The 116-year-old parish community was founded when Hungarians of the Roman rite became a growing presence in the city of Passaic along with immigrants from Poland and Slovakia, who had flocked here to work in the flourishing textile mills. In March 1903 the parish was incorporated and named for the first Christian King of Hungary..
