He grew up in Szob and later in Gödöllő. He graduated from the Buda Teacher Training College and completed his seminary studies in Vác and Nyíregyháza. As a seminarian, he also completed the cantor program.
He was ordained a deacon in Máriapócs on August 19, 2002, and a priest in Máriapócs on April 27, 2004. He is a married pastor; his wife is Bernadett Kotrányi, and they have four children. He arrived in the U.S. in 2021 to serve in a multi-ethnic parish in the Cleveland area and among the Hungarian community. He is the first married pastor to arrive in the U.S.—officially, sent by a bishop—in roughly 100 years.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place
Country
Church / institution
Position
2012
2014
Nyíregyháza
Hungary
diaconal ministry
2014
2021
Hajdúdorog
Hungary
Assistant pastor and school chaplain at the St. Basil Educational Center
Boksay Péter: 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=99 (accessed: 2026-04-05).
