He began his studies in his hometown under the guidance of Valentin Eck, himself a follower of renaissance humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam.
During his stay in Wittenberg, Stöckel developed close ties with both of them and he also worked as a private tutor in Luther's birth town Eisleben (1533–1536).
Stöckel remained in Saxony until 1539, when he returned to Kingdom of Hungary and became the rector of the school in his hometown Bártfa.
[1][2] Stöckel's return also saw the influence and reach of Lutheran ideas in Upper Hungary to grow significantly.
In 1560 it was recognized as the only creed on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church by Nicolaus Olahus, Primate of Hungary as well.