Paul Zatkovich

Paul J. Zatkovich
Born 1852
Uzhhorod, Ung County, Kingdom of Hungary
Died October 8, 1916
Brooklyn, NY
Resting place Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Education Royal Gymnasium, Uzhhorod
Employer Amerikansky Russky Viestnik
Title editor
Spouse(s) Irma Zlockij
Children Gregory Zatkovich, Theophil Zatkovich
Parent(s) George Zatkovich

Paul Zatkovich (Rusyn: Жатковіч) (1852—1916) was a newspaper editor and cultural activist for Rusyns in the United States.

He was born in Ungvar, in the Ung County of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Ukraine), where his father George Zatkovich was a professor in a school for cantors of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was educated in the Royal Gymnasium at Uzhhorod and later completed a course in notarial studies. He then worked as a notary public for fifteen years in various Rusyn villages. He married Irma Zlockij and they had six children.

He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1891 and was among the founders of the Greek Catholic Union of Rusyn Brotherhoods, a fraternal benefit association. He was the founding editor of its newspaper, Amerikansky Russky Viestnik.

His son Gregory Zatkovich played a leading role for Rusyns during the establishment of the nation of Czechoslovakia.

Paul Zatkovich died in Brooklyn, New York on October 8, 1916 and was buried in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

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