István Pongrácz [SEP] canonization status
István Pongrácz
István Pongrácz (1584-1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.
Biography.
Father István Pongrácz was born in Alvincz Castle in Principality of Transylvania, entered the Society of Jesus in 1602, and studied in Bohemia and Austria. He had been ordained for four years when he was sent to Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, (today: "Košice, Slovakia") with fellow Jesuit Melchior Grodziecki.
The two Jesuits were working in small towns when they
Pongrácz
Pongrácz or Pongratz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: 
- István Pongrácz (1584-1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest
- Jenő Pongrácz (1852-1933), Hungarian jurist
- József Pongrácz (1891-?), Hungarian wrestler
- Viktor Pongrácz (born 1998), Hungarian football player
- Zoltán Pongrácz (1912-2007), Hungarian composer