The honorary Consulate of Hungary for Louisiana is sited in New
Orleans and led by honorary Consul Stephen J.
Gergatz. • The consulate or Mr. Gergatz can be reached
at: 504-897-5628
or via email:
Address: Hungarian Honorary
Consulate 1417 Bordeaux St. New Orleans, LA
70115
Office hours by appointment only
please. •
Stephen J. Gergatz
Biography of Stephen J.
Gergatz:
Steve Gergatz was appointed honorary Hungarian consul
for Louisiana in September 1999. He is domiciled in New
Orleans. Steve was born in Lovo, Hungary and escaped with his
parents after the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution under a
hail of gunfire on March 9, 1957 (MEMOIR). The family lived in various refugee
camps in Austria and emigrated to the United States in 1959 to
New Brunswick, New Jersey. Steve became active in the
Hungarian community there and attended Rutgers University
where he received a degree in Biological Sciences. He
continued his studies at Temple University's School of
Medicine in Philadelphia, followed by internship at Seattle's
Harborview Medical Center, Internal Medicine residency at the
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, a Gastroenterology
fellowship at Tulane Medical Center and group practice at
Ochsner Clinic all in New Orleans. He is married to Julianna
Bika editor of the electronic Hungarian
newsletter.
On June 19, 2009 the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Hungary confered the Pro Auxilio Civium Hungarorum Award on Steve Gergatz. (Please listen to the interview [9.12.2009] of Mr Gergatz conducted by Klub Radio, Hungary here in Hungarian)
More information is available on the official website
of the Embassy of the Hungarian Republic: http://www.huembwas.org
