He was a third-generation Hungarian. His parents were Major József Korpics and Margaret R. Dadey. Sources are contradictory regarding his rite of ordination. According to his obituary, he was a seminarian at the Hungarian Catholic Church in Allentown, but Magyar Hírek lists him as a Greek Catholic priest. Based on his places of service, we have accepted the latter. He was ordained a priest in 1968. After 1989, he left the priesthood and worked as an accountant until his death. He never married and had no children.