Bező, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Bežovce, Slovakia — November 26, 1881
Death data:
Clarksburg, MD, USA — February 10, 1963
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Munkács (1924-ig) → Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Ungvár, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Uzshorod (Ужгород), Ukraine
Place of burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery
Clarksburg, WV, Hungary
Other name used:
Rev Augustine Komporday
Biographical data
His father was Father Károly Komporday, and his mother was Rozália Salamon. He was a student at the Catholic high school in Uzhhorod. He continued his theological studies in Uzhhorod. He was ordained a priest while still unmarried on December 8, 1907, by Bishop Gyula Firczák of Munkács. During his studies, he was a founding member and assistant librarian of the School of Ecclesiastical Literature for seminarians, later becoming its secretary. From 1913, he served as a councilor to the Holy See.
