Cák, Magyarországi Tanácsköztársaság, currently Hungary — May 19, 1919
Death data:
Santiago de Chile, Chile — January 20, 1972
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Szombathely (1949-ig) → Puerto Montt, Chile
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — June 19, 1943
Biographical data
His mother’s name was Rozália Sulter. He was ordained a priest on June 19, 1943, and was then assigned to serve in the Diocese of Kalocsa. He left the country after 1945; he served briefly as a confessor in Graz before emigrating to Chile. In Chile, he was a parish priest on an island, where he lived in solitude, supporting himself through animal husbandry and farming. His church and the parish house were destroyed by a tsunami in 1960, and he subsequently rebuilt them himself.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1943
1944
Martonos, Kingdom of Hungary
Martonoš (Мартонош), Serbia
assistant pastor
1945
Kemenesszentpéter, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
Rábasebes
assistant pastor
1945
Körmend, Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary
assistant pastor
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1945 after
1949
Graz, Austria
pastor, confessor
1949
1952
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Assistant pastor, Hungarian assistant pastor in Antofagasta
Pontyos Vendel: 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=890 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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