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Frenzkowski Pál M.S.C.

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Deceased

Birth data:: 1890 circa
Death data:: June 16, 1966 before
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: Jézus Szent Szívének Issouduni Misszionáriusai (Missionarii SS. Cordis Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: ismeretlen
Place of burial:: ismeretlen
Other name used:: Frenkiwski Pál, Paul Frenzkowski

Biographical data

Paul A. Frenzkowski, MSC, was a Roman Catholic priest and a Missionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. From 1923 to 1939, he served as pastor of Holy Family Parish in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. During his tenure, mission stations affiliated with the parish were established in Stockertown in 1925 and in Clearfield in 1935, and a convent was built in 1927. Later, he served as pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Haycock Run, Pennsylvania. Contemporary church records list him as Paul A. Frenzkowski MSC and at the St. John the Baptist Rectory. In October 1953, he was verifiably still alive and active in his priestly ministry.
Miklósházy and Török list him as Pál Frenkiwski, but there is no information regarding his Hungarian origins or connections.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1923	1939	Nazareth, PA, USA	Holy Family Parish	parish priest
1925 after		Stockertown, PA, USA		the director of the mission established by the Nazareth Parish
1935 after		Clearfield, PA, USA		the director of the mission established by the Nazareth Parish
1940 after	1953 after	Haycock Run, PA, USA	St. John the Baptist Parish	parish priest

Life timeline

Birth

1890

Service abroad

1923 – 1939

Nazareth, PA, USA

Holy Family Parish

parish priest

Service abroad

1925

Stockertown, PA, USA

the director of the mission established by the Nazareth Parish

Service abroad

1935

Clearfield, PA, USA

the director of the mission established by the Nazareth Parish

Service abroad

1940 – 1953

Haycock Run, PA, USA

St. John the Baptist Parish

parish priest

Death

June 16, 1966

Sources

Miklósházy:2001
Török: 251.
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-12012/names-stories-in-newspapers-from-oldnewscom-delaware-maryland-virginia-west?itemId=517607131-&groupId=1cdf2a6d1b4638d98a5b8b2bb3ddc763&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Paul+Frenkowski✓
Holy Family Parish (Nazareth, Pennsylvania): Parish History. Nazareth, PA: Holy Family Parish
https://www.holyfamilynazarethpa.com/holy-family-parish-timeline✓

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Citation for this entry

Frenzkowski Pál M.S.C.: 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=291 (accessed: 2026-09-13).

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