About: Péter Kollár

Péter Kollár (Slovene Peter Kolar, 18 June 1855 – 31 December 1908) was a Hungarian Slovenian Roman Catholic priest and writer. Born in Ratkovci, Prekmurje, his parents were Péter Kollár and Judit Zselezen. He was ordained on 13 July 1882. He was a chaplain in Črenšovci until 1885 and later a parish clerk in Bogojina. From 1885 to 1887, he was a chaplain in Murska Sobota, after which he spent one year each in Beltinci and Turnišče. By 1900, he had become a priest in Beltinci. In 1897, Kollár wrote a biblical textbook in Slovenian.