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Clergyman. [Born 1897.] Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish, Syracuse, N. Y., since 1937. Former pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish, Binghamton, N. Y. Active in Polish Relief Committee on behalf of the war stricken Poles in Europe. Residence: 927 Park Avenue, Syracuse. N. Y.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943
On September 15, 1939, the Rev. Casimir Piejda, pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Binghamton, was appointed by Bishop Foery as the fifth pastor of the Sacred Heart parish.
Father Piejda was born January 14, 1897, in Poland. He received his elementary education in the parochial schools in Buffalo after he arrived there with his parents as a young boy. He also attended St. John Kanty parochial school, St. Mary's High School at Orchard Lake, St. Mary's College and St. Cyril and Methodius Seminary. He was ordained on December 12, 1922 for the Omaha diocese where he served for one year. He was adopted into the Syracuse diocese and from 1923 to 1927 he acted as administrator of St. Stephen's parish in Oswego. While there he organized the parish of St. Michael in Fulton, NY, where he was administrator until November 1927.
In 1927 he was appointed pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Binghamton, from which parish he came to Syracuse. He came to Sacred Heart Church on September 1, 1939. In 1941 he as made a Consultor of the Syracuse Diocese. On May 10, 1945 he was named Domestic Monsignor by His Holliness Pope John XXIII. In 1960 he was named Apostolic Prothonotary.
Since 1939, Father Piejda has made many improvements and by his expert financial administration has reduced the debts of the church by $40,000 (in 1942) . When Father Piejda assumed his duties as pastor here, the debts on the property were $132,000.
By consolidating several loans and outstanding mortgages, Father Piejda was enabled to pay only 3.5% instead of the usual 5%. For this great occasion - the Golden Jubilee of the Parish - Father Piejda started a fund. The fund is now about $11,000 and it will be used to build either a new marble main altar or it will be used to build a social center for the young people of the parish. This decision will be reached after the present war.
From: Pamietnik Zlotego Jubileuszu parafii Najslodszego Serca Pana Jezusa, Syracuse, NY. 1892 - 1942.
[Sacred Heart Parish, 50th Anniversary Book, 1942]