158 ANDREW J. SHIPMAN MEMORIAL 



Amboy, New Jersey; Lorain, Ohio; (1904) Chicago, Illinois; 

 Cleveland (St. Imre's) and Dillonvale, Ohio; Trenton and 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey ; Connellsville, Pennsylvania ; 

 Pocahontas, Virginia; (1905) Buffalo, New York; Detroit, 

 Michigan; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; (1906) Dayton, Ohio; 

 South Norwalk, Connecticut; (1907) Newark and South 

 River, New Jersey ; Northampton, Pennsylvania ; Youngstown, 

 Ohio; (1908) East Chicago, Indiana; Columbus, Ohio; (1909) 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are about thirty Hunga- 

 rian priests who minister to the spiritual wants of these con- 

 gregations, but more priests are urgently needed in order ef- 

 fectually to reach their countrymen. Although there are nearly 

 half a million Hungarian Catholics in the United States, in- 

 cluding the native born, only thirty-three churches seem a 

 faint proof of practical Catholicity ; yet one must not forget 

 that these Hungarian immigrants are scattered among a thou- 

 sand different localities in this country, usually very far apart 

 and in only small numbers in each place. Only in a few of 

 the larger places, such as New York, Cleveland, Chicago. 

 Bridgeport, is there a sufficiently large number to support a 

 church and the priest in charge of it. Besides it has been 

 found extremely difficult to procure Magyar priests suitable 

 for missionary work among their countrymen here in America. 

 An attempt has been made in various dioceses to supply the 

 deficiency. In the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, Rev. Roderic 

 McEachen, of Barton, and Rev. Joseph Weigand, of Steuben- 

 ville, have devoted themselves to the Magyar language and 

 have become sufficiently conversant with it to meet the reli- 

 gious needs of their Hungarian parishioners. In Pocahontas, 

 Virginia, Rev. Anthony Hoch, O. S. B., is familiar with this 

 difficult language, having spent over a year in Hungary at the 

 request of his superiors, in order to learn the Hungarian 

 tongue. The late Bishop Tierney of Hartford, in order to 

 meet the wants of his diocese, sent eight of his young clerics 

 about two years ago to study theology and the Magyar lan- 

 guage in Hungarian seminaries [six to Budapest and two to 

 Karlsburg (Gyulyafehervar)], where they are preparing for 

 the priesthood and learning the language and customs of the 

 people. Two of them have just returned, having been ordained 

 at Budapest. It is not intended by this policy to place Ameri- 

 can priests over Hungarian congregations, but to supply mixed 



