Rozsnyó, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Rožňava, Slovakia — June 9, 1913
Death data:
Waco, TX, USA — September 6, 2006
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
previously: religious
Diocese / Order:
ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis) (1954-ig) → Austin, TX, USA
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 29, 1931
First (temporary) vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 30, 1932
Perpetual vows:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 23, 1938
Priestly ordination:
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 29, 1938
Place of burial:
Corn Hill, TX, USA
Other name used:
Szomolnoki; Sztamszky
Biographical data
He attended elementary school in Mezőkövesd and high school in Budapest at the Szent Imre Gymnasium. He entered the Cistercian Order on August 29, 1931; he took his first vows on August 30, 1932, and his perpetual vows on June 23, 1938. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1938, by István Zadravecz, OFM, retired military bishop. From May 1945 to January 1946, he was a prisoner of war in Germany. He then participated in the pastoral care of Hungarians in Germany.
He left the country on January 17, 1949. He arrived in Rein on January 17, 1949, and was still there on February 28. By March 21, he was already in Mehrerau. In September and October 1949, he was in Stams.
On November 31, 1949, he emigrated from Rome to the United States. In 1954, he left the order and was incardinated into the Diocese of Austin, TX. According to the Cistercian Order’s records, he became a pastor in the Diocese of Fort Worth. In 1987, Pope John Paul II conferred upon him the title of Monsignor.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1938
1939
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Szent Imre Gimnázium
student teacher
1939
1944
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Szent Imre Gimnázium
high school teacher
1944
1945
Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
camp chaplain
1946
1948
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Szent Imre Gimnázium
high school teacher
1948
1948
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
1949
Szentgotthárd, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1945
1946
Germany
prisoner of war
1946
1946
Seligenporten, Germany
Hungarian pastor
1949
1949
Rein, Germany
pastor
1949
1949
Bregenz, Austria
Mehrerau apátság
pastor
1949
1952
Spring Bank, WI, USA
Conversus-Novitius Master
1952
1954
Spring Bank, WI, USA
hyphen, while serving as parish priest in Paulding
Stram Miklós Gedeon (O.Cist), Msgr.: 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=1016 (accessed: 2026-10-31).
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