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George T. Hovanec

Ordained: 1929

Assignment History

This assignment record was last updated on Nov. 11, 2009
Start Stop Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes

1929

Cleveland bishop was Joseph Schrembs (1921-1945)

1931 St. Mary's (Slovenian) Cleveland (Collinwood) OH

3/3

 Parish had a school with 420 students.
1931 1932 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Slovak) Cleveland OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 835 students.
1932 1936 St. John the Baptist's (Slovak) Akron OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 203-162 students.
1936 1937 St. Mathias (Slovak) Youngstown OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 452 students.
1937 1940 St. Joseph's Alliance OH

3/3, 2/3

Parish had a school with 342-268 students.
1940 1943 awaiting appointment
1943 1945 St. Anthony of Padua Fairport Harbor OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 175-161 students.

1945

Edward Francis Hoban replaced Schrembs as bishop (1945-1966)

1949 unassigned
1949 1951 St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Wooster OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 167-164 students.
1951 1954 SS. Cyril and Methodius (Slovak)

Barberton

• In 2002 a woman reported to the diocese that Hovanec had molested her 47 years earlier, when she was a seventh grader at SS. Cyril and Methodius. (Akron Beacon Journal
May 10, 2002)

OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 355-404 students.
1954 1957 St. Vincent de Paul Elyria OH 2/2 Parish had a school with 211-287 students.
1957 1959 Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul/Parmadale Cleveland OH In residence. Parmadale was an orphanage with 198-189 boys and 126-117 girls.
1959 1961 Villa Sancta Anna Home for Aged Beachwood Village OH Chaplain
1961 1965 not assigned

Hovanek died Feb. 20, 1965
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1930-1966)

Last First Ord T Status D/O Notes Diocese Source/Assignments
Hovanec George T. 1929 P Accused Diocesan In 4/02 woman wrote to Archbishop Pilla re abuse by Hovanec 47 years before. She said she was in 7th grade and Hovanec touched and patted her in a very sexually inappropriate way before inviting her to basement to count Sunday envelopes. She fled. He was unassigned from 1961-1965 and died 2/65. Cleveland, OH Source:
Akron Beacon Journal 5.10.02
Assignments:
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