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Chowaniec, Rev. Peter
Missionary, pioneer-priest. Born Jan. 17, 1856 in Sanok, Poland. Secondary education in Jaslo, studied theology in Przemysl, Poland. Came to U.S. in 1881; ordained in 1882 in Buffalo, N. Y. Former assistant at St. Stanislaus parish, Buffalo, N. Y., 1882-83. He was called a "Missionary of Minnesota" where he founded seven parishes: Perham, Stephen, Oven, Bronsville, Brookway. Swan River, Florian. In all these he built churches. In 1885 pastor of St. Stanislaus, Perham, Minn., simultaneously pastor at Florian, Minn. He was working also in Wisconsin, where he also built a few churches. In 1887 was called to Baltimore, Md., where he founded a new parish of Holy Rosary and was nominated its first pastor in 1887. Here he built a magnificent school. Died in Baltimore, Md., in 1892.

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

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