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Ferenc Merkli (born November 29, 1974) is a Hungarian Slovene Catholic priest, writer, and translator. He was born in Szentgotthárd to Ferenc and Irén Merkli, and grew up in Szakonyfalu. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After his ordination, he served the Deanery of Szentgotthárd in the parish of Felsőszölnök and Apátistvánfalva, and was known for celebrating bilingual masses in Hungarian and Prekmurje Slovene. Merkli lives in Vasszécseny.