Background
Torok, John William Charles Toch was born on March 26, 1890 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. Son of Adolphus Toch and Josephine (Fleischner) Torok.
Torok, John William Charles Toch was born on March 26, 1890 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. Son of Adolphus Toch and Josephine (Fleischner) Torok.
Bachelor of Arts, Hungarian Royal State College, Budapest, 1908, Doctor of Civil Law, 1914. Studied Royal Theological Academy, Eperjes.
Professor canon law in College of St. Athanasius, at Rome, Italy, 1914-1916. Chaplain (captain) in Hungarian Army, 1916-1919. Secretary to Bishop of Eperjes, 1919-1920.
Imprisoned in Hungary as “politically suspicious” but escaped from prison with assistance of America Military Mission. Came to the United States December, 1920, naturalized citizen, 1926. Associate professor of political science, St. Stephen College, Annandale, New York, 1921-1922.
Archdeacon Hungarian (Greek Catholic) Orthodox Church, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1922-1924. Missionary bishop from November 1924. Vice president Chicago Evening Post, 1929-1930.
Clubs: City (New York).
Married Mary Agnes Gorsuch, of Westminster, Maryland., July 11, 1925.