Csontos, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Kosztrino (Кострино), Ukraine — April 12, 1911
Death data:
Youngstown, OH, USA — October 4, 1962
Denomination:
Greek Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
diocesan
Diocese / Order:
Munkács → Pittburgh, PA, USA
Ordination level:
priest
Priestly ordination:
Munkács, Csehszlovákia, currently Mukacsevo (Мукачево), Ukraine — August 12, 1934
Place of burial:
Calvary Cemetery
Youngstown, OH, USA
Biographical data
His father was Miklós Punykó, and his mother was Antónia Dziák. He completed his theological studies at the University of Strasbourg in France, as well as in Prague, Olomouc, and Rome. He was ordained a priest while still unmarried on August 12, 1934, by Bishop Sándor Sztojka of Munkács. From 1940, he served as a councilor to the Holy See. He delivered the protest note against the banning of the Greek Catholic Church in Moscow, after which he fled to Hungary. According to Török’s book, he was tortured in Hungary. In 1947, he fled to Germany.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1933
1934
Munkács, Hungary
Мукачево
Diocesan Archivist and Registrar
1934
1947
Munkács, Hungary
Мукачево
Chancery clerk; episcopal secretary from 1944 to 1947
Punykó Sándor: 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=903 (accessed: 2026-07-08).
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