Marcel Martin Pasiecznik
Roman Catholic priest, Franciscan
Born Oct. 20, 1908, Wolka Pelkinska, Poland; came to U.S.; 1947; son of Franciszek and Maria (Sroka).
Education: Master of Philosophy (M.Ph.), St. Bonaventure University, Olean (NY), 1953.
Career: instructor (philosophy), Seminary of Cracow (Poland), 1939-44; prisoner, concentration camps, Flossenberg, Dachau (Germany), 1944-45; chaplain for Polish refugees, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Black Forest (Germany); editor. Miesiecznik Franciszkanski (monthly), 1955-59; missionary.
Member of: founder, Crusade of Prayer for Poland, Pulaski (WI); chaplain, Polish Scouting in Eastern Canada, 1962-73, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), Pittsburgh (PA), and Polish Home Army Veterans Association, Philadelphia (PA); Polish American Priest Association; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Society of Polish Priests Former Concentration Camp Prisoners.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Podhale, chaplain, 1940-44; promoted to major, 1991.
Affiliation: Republican.
Languages: Polish, English, Latin, German.
Hobby: collecting Polish books for the Catholics of Polish descent in Russia.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.