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Baran, Matthew Joseph Maria, O.M.C.,
Ph.D., S.T.D., M.A., S.T.M. Roman Catholic Priest. Born Nov. 22, 1905, Arcadia, Pa.; son of Peter and Kunegunda Anne (Nalepa) Baran; both parents were born in Malo Polska, Poland; ed.: St. Francis Coll., Athol Springs, N. Y.; Pontifical Sem. of Rome, St. John Lateran, Ph.D., 1929; Collegio Serafico, Rome, S.T.D., 1930; Catholic U. of Amer., Washington, D.C., MA., 1932; received S.T.M. from Order of Friars Minor Conventuals, 1939. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, Rome, Italy in Basilica of St. John Lateran, July 7, 1929, by His Eminence, Cardinal Basil Pampilj, Vicar of the Roman Sec. Teacher, St. Francis H. S., Athol Springs, N. Y., 19391940. Curate, St. Hedwig Parish, Detroit, Mich., since Aug., 1940. Member Friars Minor Conventionals. Auditor and Secretary of the Matrimonial Curia of the Diocese of San Diego, California. Associate Editor, Franciscan Studies. Author: "Some Causes Responsible for the Present Vitalistic Trend in Biology" in "The Report of the Franciscan Educational Conference, 1933; "Correlation of Religious Instruction, I, Sacred Scripture" in "Report of the Franciscan Educational Conference," 1937. Address: 1567 Third Ave., San Diego, California.

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

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