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Pupinszky Lipót Nándor O.Praem

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Deceased

Birth data:: Pécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary — May 5, 1890
Death data:: Akron, OH, USA — April 10, 1959
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: premontrei (Ordo Praemonstratensis)

Ordination level:: priest
Priestly ordination:: July 1, 1922
Place of burial:: Holy Cross Cemetery
Akron, OH, USA
Other name used:: Rev Ferdinand L Pupinszky

Biographical data

His full baptismal name was Lipót Péter András Pupinszky. His parents were Lipót Pupinszky and Márta Haluska. He had two siblings. He was ordained a priest in 1912. He was a member of the monastery in Košice, but after the Treaty of Trianon, the Czechoslovak authorities expelled him. He then moved to Jászóvár and later emigrated. He arrived in the United States on July 1, 1922, aboard the steamship Nieuw Amsterdam. In the United States, he went by the name Rev. Ferdinand L. Pupinszky.

Domestic service locations

From	To	Place i	Current name, country i	Church / institution	Position
1912	1919	Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	Košice, Slovakia		pastor, teacher
1919	1922	Jászóvár, Csehszlovákia	Jasov, Slovakia		pastor

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Current name, country	Church / institution	Position
1922	1959	Akron, OH, USA		Jézus Szíve R. K. Egyházközség	parish priest who built the church

Life timeline

Birth

May 5, 1890

Pécs, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Hungary

Service in the homeland

1912 – 1919

Kassa, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, currently Košice, Slovakia

pastor, teacher

Service in the homeland

1919 – 1922

Jászóvár, Csehszlovákia, currently Jasov, Slovakia

pastor

Priestly ordination

July 1, 1922

Service abroad

1922 – 1959

Akron, OH, USA

Jézus Szíve R. K. Egyházközség

parish priest who built the church

Death

April 10, 1959

Akron, OH, USA

Sources

Kara Anna: Hit és hazafias életösztön. Szemelvények a jászóvári premontreiek történetéből, in. Fórum, Társadalomtudományi Szemle, 2022/1, pp. 65-98.
MPE:1959:10, pp. 46.;
MKL: Akroni Jézus Szíve egyházközség;
Máté: 217.;
Shvoy: 105.;
Török: 50, 68.;
KMVÉ: 1945-1960.;
Iskolai értesítő, Premontrei katolikus főgimnázium, Kassa, 1940., 18.;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190800699/ferdinand-l-pupinszky✕
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-1/myheritage-csaladfak?itemId=OYYV62LBMDQIGO7CVN2BV3KJUWRREXI-12-220539&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Lip%C3%B3t+P%C3%A9ter+Andr%C3%A1s+Pupinszky✓
https://www.myheritage.hu/research/collection-10512/ellis-islan-es-egyeb-new-york-i-utaslistak-1820-1957?itemId=49567591-&action=showRecord&recordTitle=Nandor+L+Pupinzky✓
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Pupinszky Lipót Nándor O.Praem: 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=904 (accessed: 2026-07-08).

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