St. Stephen King of Hungary Church, Chicago, IL

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Some of the church's milestone events:

St. Stephen King of Hungary Church is the only Roman Catholic Church in four states (Iowa, Wisconsin,Illinois, Missouri) that celebrates mass in Hungarian every Sunday at 10am. St. Stephen has existed as a parish since 1934. Before this time the same congregation of Catholic Hungarians worshipped at St. Emeric in Chicago. St. Stephen is rich in history.

The image of St. Stephen, (left) is one of the many stained glass windows donated to the church over the years and currently graces the inside of the church proper on the west wall along with many others.

The parish has had eight pastors since it was formed.  Rev. Emery Kasztovsky, Rev. Jacob Wildinger, Rev. Joseph Magyar, Rev. Michael J. Adams, Rev. Gilbert Mihalyi, Rev. Andrew Eordogh and Rev. Joseph Somos.  Fr. Magyar was the parish pastor the longest of any of St. Stephen's pastors from 1938 to 1974.  Interim Administrator Fr. Adams held the pastor's position for six weeks between Fr. Magyar and Fr. Mihalyi.  1995 marked the fifth year that Fr. Somos celebrated as parish pastor at St. Stephen.

The inside of the church
from 1986.