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Skulik, Rev. Bernard Maria, Ph.D.
Clergyman. Writer. Born August 20, 1867 in Szopienice, Poland. Education in Myslowice and Krakow; studied mechanics; studied philosophy and theology in Rome, Italy, where he was ordained on December 19, 1891. In 1893 received Ph.D. degree in Rome; came to United States; appointed pastor of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary parish, Brighton, Ia. From March 15, 1899 to April, 1910 pastor of St. Hyacinth's parish, La Salle, Ill. Settled in Milwaukee, Wis., where he published a Polish weekly "Katolik." From 1902 to 1905 editor of Polish weekly "Tygodnik Katolicki" and "Promien." Member of the highest papal academics in Rome. His writings are numerous: 21 in Polish, 2 in Slovak, 5 in German, 11 in Italian, 3 in Latin, 3 in English. Wrote: "Sznaps," "Stolica Madrosci," "Teologia Pastoralna," "Luter i Djabel," "Kielnia Masonska," "Historja Parafji Sw. Jacka w La Salle, Ill."

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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