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Notables
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Section 1 - Priests and Brothers
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Section 2 - Nuns
Section 3 - Business &
Professional
(new!)
Priests Born in Texas of Silesian Descent
Reverend Blaise Czaja, C.P.
 | Son of Blas Czaja
and Velma Richter |
| Born in Port
Arthur, Texas |
| Ordained on May
23, 1964, in Louisville, Kentucky |
| Passionist Priest
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Passionist Sign |
Reverend
Blaise Czaja |
Reverend Edmund S. Dragon 1905 - 1961
| Son of Joseph Dragon and Caroline Jaskola |
| Born on November 15, 1905, in Panna Maria, Texas |
| Ordained on March 25, 1930 |
| Died on January 19, 1961; buried in Panna Maria,
Texas
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Ordination
and First Mass Card |
Reverend Edmund
S. Dragon's
Funeral Card |
Reverend Edward Joseph Dworaczyk 1906 - 1965
| Son of Julius Dworaczyk and Mary Jarzombek |
| Born on October 7, 1906, in Yorktown, Texas |
| Ordained on March 25, 1930 |
| Author of The First Polish Colonies of America
in Texas, published in 1936 |
| Died on September 2, 1965; buried in Cestohowa,
Texas
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| Ordination and First Mass Card |
Image on
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Reverend
Edward J. Dworaczyk's
Funeral
Card |
Reverend Julius Valerian Dworzczyk 1919 - 1993
| Son of Julius Dworaczyk and Mary Jarzombek |
| Born on November 28, 1919, in Kosciusko, Texas |
| Ordained on March 19, 1946 |
| Died on March 14, 1993; buried in Cestohowa, Texas
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Ordination and First Mass Card |
Image on
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Reverend
Julius Dworzczyk |
Reverend Jonathan William Felux
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Son of Wilbert John Felux and Brenda Marie Pawelek |
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Born in Floresville, Texas |
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Ordained on May 2, 2009 |
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Photograph from Archdiocese of San Antonio Vocation Office website:
www.savocations.org
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Ordination
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Reverend
Jonathan Felux |
Reverend Monsignor Peter L. Foegelle 1901 - 1986
| Son of Michael Foegelle and Frances Wrobel |
| Born on January 12, 1901, in Panna Maria, Texas |
| Ordained on April 4, 1932 |
| Photograph from The First Polish Colonies of America
in Texas, 1936, page 80 |
| Died on September 26, 1986; buried in Kosciusko,
Texas
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Image on Front of Card |
Ordination and First
Mass Card |
Msgr. Peter L. Foegelle |
Reverend Monsignor Teodor (Theodore) Joseph T. Janysek 1905 - 1989
| Son of Joseph Janysek and Caroline Reiman |
| Born on April 19, 1905, in Panna Maria, Texas |
| Ordained on March 25, 1930 |
| Died on August 7, 1989; buried in Panna Maria, Texas |
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photo of grave marker
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Front of Card |
Ordination
and First Mass Card |
Fortieth
Jubilee Card |
Reverend Casimir Jarzombek
| Son of Thomas Jarzombek and Elizabeth Wollny |
| Born in Falls City, Texas |
| Ordained on May 26, 1960 |
| Photograph from Holy Cross Catholic Parish website
www.holycrossbaycity.org
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Ordination Card |
Reverend Casimir
Jarzombek |
Father Casey's 1960
Ordination Certificate,
reprinted in 1989. Click image to view full size. |
Reverend Dennis Anthony Jarzombek
| Son of Chester Ignatz Jarzombek and Esther Rita
Pawelek |
| Born in Bexar County, Texas |
| Ordained on May 18, 1979
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Ordination Card |
Reverend Dennis
Jarzombek |
Reverend Monsignor Erwin Alexander Juraschek
1921 - 1993
| Son of Alexander Von Juraschek and Mary Helen
Pyterek |
| Born on August 12, 1921, in San Antonio, Texas |
| Ordained on March 19, 1946 |
| Photograph as National Chaplain from American
G I Forum: 30th Annual National Convention Message, August 10, 1978 |
| Died on January 26, 1993; buried in St. Mary
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
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Msgr. Erwin A. Juraschek |
Msgr. Erwin A. Juraschek's
Funeral Card |
Image on front of card |
Reverend Emmett Benedict Kolodzie 1905 - 1986
Reverend Joseph Everest Kolodziejczyk 1914 - 1996
| Son of Dennis Kolodziejczyk and Agatha Respondek |
| Born on October 26, 1914 |
| Ordained on 1982 after being widowed in the Diocese
of Amarillo |
| Died on January 22, 1996, in Lubbock, Texas |
| Buried in Englewood Cemetery, Lubbock County, Texas |
Reverend Gregory Thomas Labus
| Son of Emil John Labus and Cecilia
Kotzur |
| Born in Edinburg, Texas |
| Ordained on May 27, 2006
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Reverend Gregory Thomas
Labus |
Ordination Card |
Image on Front of Card |
Reverend Francis Joseph Ledwig
1889-1947
| Son of Lawrence Ledwig and Louisa
Stortz |
| Born on March 19, 1889, in
Yorktown, Texas |
| Ordained on July 31, 1913 |
| Died on July 18, 1947; buried in
San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
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Reverend Francis
Joseph Ledwig |
Reverend Thomas Lyssy 1926 - 1990
| Son of William John Lyssy and Regina Wiatrek |
| Born on June 5, 1926, in Kosciusko, Texas |
| Ordained on May 30, 1952 |
| Photograph of Rev. Thomas Lyssy with his
grandmother, Eva Sowa Wiatrek, from The Sowa Family History: Six
Generations of Polish-Texans, published in 1981, page 192 |
| Photograph on right from the centennial book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 271 |
| Died on October 28, 1990; buried in Kosciusko, Texas
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Eva Sowa Wiatrek and
Reverend Thomas Lyssy, her grandson |
Ordination and First
Mass Card |
Reverend
Thomas Lyssy |
Reverend Monsignor Henry I. Moczygemba 1914 - 1995
| Son of Frank Moczygemba and Julia Sekula |
| Born on April 4, 1914, in Cestohowa, Texas |
| Ordained on May 28, 1949 |
| Photograph from the centennial book
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 272 |
| Died on March 2, 1995; buried in Cestohowa, Texas
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Ordination and First
Mass
Invitation Card |
Msgr. Henry I. Moczygemba |
Msgr. Henry I.
Moczygemba's
Funeral Card |
Reverend Leon (Leo) Vitalis Stanislaus Moczygemba 1894 - 1959
| Son of Jacob Moczygemba and Joanna Keller |
| Born on April 8, 1894, in Panna Maria, Texas |
| Ordained on June 9, 1919 |
| Photograph from Our Polish Pioneers on
un-numbered page prior to brief biography on page 32 |
| Died on November 17, 1959; buried in Panna Maria,
Texas |
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photo of grave marker
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Reverend Leon S. Moczygemba |
First Holy Mass Card |
Image on Front of Card |
Reverend Leopold Moczygemba
1858-1892
| Son of Anton Moczygemba and
Philippina Wenz |
| Born on May 4, 1858, in San
Antonio, Texas |
| Ordained in 1884 and celebrated
his First Solemn Mass in Lemont, Illinois, at Saints Cyril and Methodius
Church on June 29, 1884 |
| Nephew of the pastor, Father
Leopold Moczygemba, who had thirty years earlier founded Panna Maria |
| Photograph from A Century of
Search 1876-1976, Immaculate Conception Church, Elmhurst, Illinois, 7th
page |
| Died on April 14, 1892; buried in
Lemont, Illinois
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Reverend Leopold Moczygemba |
Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Moczygemba 1863-1950
| Son of Joseph Moczygemba and Caroline Szyguda |
| Born on December 11, 1863, in Panna Maria, Texas |
| Ordained on January 5, 1890 |
| Photograph from St. Michael's Catholic Church
1866 - 1966 Centennial, 39th page |
| Died on June 28, 1950
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Image on Front of Card |
25th Anniversary Ordination Card |
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas
Moczygemba |
Reverend Charles William Neumann, Jr., S.M.
1923 - 1997
| Son of Charles William Neumann and Margaret Schulze |
| Born on March 21, 1923, in San Antonio, Texas |
| Grandson of Carl Schulze and Agathe Sobeczek, who
was born in Silesia |
| Ordained on July 20, 1952; Society of Mary |
| Author of The Casper Sobeczek Family in Texas,
privately published in 1991 |
| Photograph from the centennial book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 272 |
| Died on May 9, 1997; buried in the Marianist
Cemetery, St. Mary's University, in San Antonio, Texas
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Reverend Charles W. Neumann,
Jr. |
Reverend Monsignor Joseph R. Nowak 1925 - 1969
| Son of Roman Charles Nowak and Tekla Kolonka |
| Born on March 17, 1925, in San Antonio, Texas |
| Ordained on May 28, 1949 |
| Died on January 18, 1969; buried in San Fernando
Cemetery No. 2, San Antonio, Texas
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Image on Front of Card |
Ordination and First
Mass Card |
Reverend Wencil Charles Pavlovsky
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Son of Wencil Charles Pavlosky and Mary Margaret Dugie |
| Born in Pasadena,
Texas |
| Ordained on June
29, 1991, in Canada |
Brother Emil John Pawelek, S.M. 1909-2001
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Son of Charles Pawelek and Florence Pollock |
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Born on October 19, 1909, in Wadsworth, Texas |
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Professed his final vows as a Marianist Brother on July 15, 1939 |
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Died on February 17, 2001; buried in the Marianist Cemetery on the campus of
St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas |
Reverend Edward Bernard Postert, OMI 1900 - 1977
| Son of Joseph Postert and Ludvina (Philimina) Mazurek |
| Born on October 13, 1900, in Bandera, Texas |
| Grandson of Thomas Mazurek and Mary Gruszka, who was
from Silesia |
| Ordained on June 3, 1934 |
| Photo on right from the centennial book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 273; photo on left from a
family scrapbook |
| Died on March 24, 1977; buried in Oblate Cemetery,
San Antonio, Texas
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Rev. Edward Postert's
Ordination Photo |
Ordination and First
Mass Card |
Reverend Edward Postert |
Reverend Benedict Anthony Pruski 1917 - 1993
| Son of Felix Pruski and Cecilia Skloss |
| Born on December 24, 1917, in Kosciusko, Texas |
| Ordained on June 4, 1942 |
| Photograph from Diamond Jubilee book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1949, page 75 |
| Died on January 20, 1993; buried in Kosciusko, Texas
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Image on Front of Card |
Ordination and First
Mass Card |
Reverend Benedict A.
Pruski |
Reverend Alton Alois Rudolph 1932 - 1997
| Son of Richard G. Rudolph and Agatha Euphrasina
Henke |
| Born on March 20, 1932, in Karnes City, Texas |
| Ordained on March 17, 1956 |
| Photograph from the centennial book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 274 |
| Married after 26 years in the priesthood |
| Died on January 12, 1997; buried in Fashing, Texas
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Ordination
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Rev. Alton
A. Rudolph |
Reverend Mark Scheffler, C.Ss.R.
| Son of Edmund Lawrence Scheffler and Doris Evelyn
Bennett |
| Ordained on June 20, 1970 |
| Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, popularly
known as Redemptorists |
| Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris
- C.Ss.R.
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Ordination and First Mass Card |
Image on
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Silver Jubilee Card |
Father Lawrence Swierc/Swartz,
O.C.S.C. 1907-2005
| Son of Joseph Swierc and Salomea
Kyrish |
| Born Thomas Joseph Swierc on April
30, 1907, in Falls City, Texas |
| Ordained a priest on February 24,
1934 |
| Changed his surname from Swierc to
Swartz in 1963 |
| Spent 79 years in monastic life as
a Trappist monk, longer than anyone else in the USA |
| Photograph from Monastery of
the Holy Spirit News, October 2005, page 5 |
| Died on September 26, 2005, at Our
Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia
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Father Lawrence Swartz |
Bishop John Walter Yanta
| Son of John Andrew Yanta and Mary Magdalen Pollok |
| Born in Runge, Texas |
| Ordained a priest on March 17, 1956 |
| Ordained a bishop on December 30, 1994 |
| Installed as Seventh Bishop of Amarillo on March 17,
1997
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Ordination Card |
Bishop Yanta's Coat of
Arms |
Bishop John Walter Yanta |
Priests Born in Poland Who Have Ministered in
Texas
Reverend Adolf/Adolph Sixtus
Bakanowski 1840-1916
| Born on March 28, 1840, in
Mohylówka, Uszyca County, Podole Region, Poland |
| Son of Anthony and Olympia
Bakanowski |
| Ordained in May of 1863, in
Kamieniec Diocese, Russian Poland |
| Photograph from Institute of Texan
Cultures at UTSA, 068-1240. Loaned by John F. Dziuk Family |
| Vicar-General of Polish Missions
in Texas from 1866-1870 |
| Died on May 22, 1916, in Krakow,
Poland
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Reverend Vincent Barzyński,
C.R. 1838-1899
| Born on September 20, 1838, in
Sulisławice, Sandomir, Poland |
| Son of Joseph Barzynski and Mary
Sroczynska |
| Ordained on October 27,1861, in
Wyświęcony, Poland |
| Pastoral work in Diocese of San
Antonio, Texas, from 1866-1874 |
| Portrait from brochure of Sanktuarium
Matki Boskiej Sulisławskiej |
| Died on May 2, 1899, in Chicago;
buried in Niles, Illinois
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Reverend Vincent Barzyński |
Reverend Ludwig (Louis) Dombrowski 1844 - 1912
| Born on December 26, 1844, in Gustynia, Poland |
| Ordained on September 21, 1867 |
| Photograph from St. Michael's Catholic Church
1866 - 1966 Centennial, 39th page |
| Died on August 9, 1912; buried in St. Michael
Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
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Silver
Jubilee Card |
Rev. Ludwig
Dombrowski |
Canon Stanisław Fiuk
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Son of Joseph Fiuk and
Janina Jurak |
| Born in Puszno, Poland |
| Ordained on June 2, 1990, in Lublin, Poland |
Very Reverend Canon Bernard
Marceli Goebel 1905-2001
| Born on January 16, 1905, in Brusy,
Poland |
| Son of Jozef Goebel and Marcjanna
Knopik |
| Ordained on December 21, 1929, in
Brusy, Poland |
| Imprisoned in Dachau Concentration
Camp for five years |
| In 1951, began pastoral work in
the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas |
| Photograph from the centennial
book Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874-1974, page 268 |
| Died on June 24, 2001; buried in
Panna Maria, Texas |
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photo of grave marker
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Very Reverend Canon Bernard Marceli
Goebel
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Sacerdotal 50th Jubilee Card |
Image on Front of Card |
Reverend Peter Kolton
1910-1981
| Born on June 29, 1910, in Zalosce,
Poland |
| Ordained on December 16, 1958, in
Rome, Italy |
| In 1966, to commemorate the
millennium of Christianity in Poland, built a museum and shrine to Our Lady of
Częstochowa at 138 Beethoven Street in San Antonio, Texas |
| Photograph from the centennial
book, Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874-1974, page 270 |
| Died on April 26, 1981
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Reverend Peter Kolton |
Reverend Ernest Joseph Kostorz 1877-1969
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Born on January 11, 1877, in Silesia, Poland |
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Son of Leopold Kostorz and Maria Stephany |
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Ordained on June 1, 1902, in Winnipeg, Canada |
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Died on April 9, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas |
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Buried in St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery in San Antonio,
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Reverend Monsignor Franciszek (Frank) Kurzaj
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Msgr. Franciszek (Frank) Kurzaj |
25th Anniversary
Ordination Card |
Image on Front of Card |
Reverend Leopold Moczygemba
1824 - 1892
| Born on October 18, 1824, in Płużnica Wielka, Silesia, Poland |
| Son of Leopold Moczygemba and Ewa
Krawietz |
| Ordained on July 25, 1847, in
Pesaro, Italy |
| Photograph from Polish American
Crusaders Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
ITC 070-0009. |
| Died on February 23, 1891, in
Dearborn, Michigan |
| Buried in Mount Elliot Cemetery,
Detroit, Michigan |
| Reinterment on October 13, 1974,
Panna Maria, Texas
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Rev.
Leopold Moczygemba
Founder of First Silesian Colony in America |
Baptism Record of Leopold Moczygemba in Plużnica Wielka,
Silesia, Poland.
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Reverend Paul Aloysius Mosler, O.M.I. 1879-1954
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Born on April 16, 1879, in Urbanowice, Silesia |
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Son of John Mosler and Josefa Chrobok |
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Ordained on May 14, 1905, in Huenfeld, Germany |
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Honorary title: “Apostle of West Texas” |
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Died on September 30, 1954, in San Antonio, Texas |
| Buried in Oblate Cemetery in San
Antonio, Texas
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Fr. Mosler's Silver Jubilee taken at Seymour, Texas in 1930.
Photo courtesy of Michael Gerik. |
Reverend Stanislaus Przyborowski 1872 - 1957
| Born on July 6, 1872, in Poland |
| Ordained on November 20, 1897, in Victoria, Texas |
| Photograph from The First Polish Colonies of
America in Texas, page 134 |
| Celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his ordination in
1947 |
| Died on September 12, 1957; buried in Cestohowa,
Texas
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| Rev.
Stanislaus Przyborowski |
Reverend Sigmund Wojciechowski 1915 - 1986
| Born on March 12, 1915, in Inowrocław,
District of Poznań, Poland |
| Ordained on June 28, 1942, in Mogila, District of
Kraków, Poland |
| Arrested by the Gestapo on January 5, 1944, and
confined to prison and concentration camps until liberation on April 15, 1945 |
| Became a citizen of the United States on November
23, 1954 |
| Incardinated as a priest of the Archdiocese of San
Antonio on April 5, 1966 |
| Photograph from the centennial book,
Archdiocese of San Antonio 1874 - 1974, page 277 |
| Died on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1986; buried in
Kosciusko, Texas
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Reverend Sigmund
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Reverend Felix Zwiardowski 1840 - 1895
| Born on December 29, 1840, in Bialystok, Poland |
| Ordained on April 20, 1867, in Panna Maria, Texas;
Congregation of the Resurrection |
| Appointed Superior of the Polish Missions in Texas
on July 15, 1870 |
| Photograph from St. Michael's Catholic Church
1866- 1966 Centennial, 37th page |
| Died on August 31, 1895; buried in Panna Maria,
Texas
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