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Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr

Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr
Deceased
Birth data:
Sárosrőcse, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia — February 12, 1907
Death data:
Pittsburgh, PA, USA — March 1, 1992
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Munkács
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
October 18, 1931
Biographical data
His father was János Dunda, a schoolteacher, and his mother was Erzsébet Sztáraszta. He graduated from high school with honors in 1929. He holds doctorates in the humanities and theology. He continued his theological studies in Rome. He was ordained a priest while still unmarried on October 18, 1931, by Greek Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos. He served as a consistorial councilor from 1940 and became a papal chaplain on November 29, 1964. He served as chaplain to the Sisters of St. Basil the Great on St. Macrina Hill, as a judge on the Archdiocesan Marriage Tribunal, as president of the Liturgical Commission, and as director of the Byzantine Liturgical Music Commission. He emigrated to the United States around 1948.
Domestic service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1938 1945 Ungvár Kingdom of Hungary, currently Ukraine görög katolikus líceum Assistant principal; principal from 1939; regular religion teacher; teacher of the history of education, logic, pedagogy, psychology, history, and handicrafts
1945 1947 Budapest Hungary teacher
1945 1947 Kalocsa Hungary teacher
Foreign service locations
From To Place Country Church / institution Position
1948 1956 New Brunswick, NJ USA Szent József templom parish priest
1957 1983 Pittsburgh, PA USA parish priest, later retired
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Birth
Sárosrőcse, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Slovakia
Priestly ordination
Service in the homeland
19381945
Ungvár, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Ukraine
görög katolikus líceum
Assistant principal; principal from 1939; regular religion teacher; teacher of the history of education, logic, pedagogy, psychology, history, and handicrafts
Service in the homeland
19451947
Budapest, Hungary
teacher
Service in the homeland
19451947
Kalocsa, Hungary
teacher
Service abroad
19481956
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Szent József templom
parish priest
Service abroad
19571983
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
parish priest, later retired
Death
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Dunda Ernő, Msgr. dr: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=222 (accessed: 2026-04-05).