Hungarian Unitarians in the US

Hungarian immigrants to the US (and Canada) at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century built many churches, especially in the East and Mid-West. These immigrants were Roman Catholic or Reformed (now mostly United Church of Christ). Some Reformed congregations joined the Presbyterians, some remained independent. The latter refused to join the UCC, and organized themselves as the Independent Magyar Reformed Church. The congregations that joined the UCC are mostly members of the Calvin Synod.

There were a handful of Lutheran congregations (some still survive), and even fewer Byzantine-rite churches.

Curiously, we know of no Hungarian Unitarian churches in North America. This is odd because most of the Reformed came from Transylvania, where Unitarianism was still in bloom. There must have been Unitarians among the immigrants - but probably not in large enough concentrations to form congregations. Unitarians were probably absorbed by Reformed churches, which had a very similar liturgy - though not theology. Moving to anglo churches was not yet an option (except for the Catholics, used to the Latin mass), because of the language barrier.

That is not true of better-educated American Hungarians, who immigrated in later years with a knowledge of English, or who learned English here. Unitarians in these groups often did join American Unitarian or Unitarian-Universalist churches.