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Kaminski, Rt. Rev. Stephen
Clergyman. Bishop of the Polish Independent Church of America. His real name was: Frydryk Roeder. As an organist joined the Order of the Franciscan Fathers (O.M.C.) in Pulaski, Wis. Spent some time in Detroit, engaged as an organist by Father L. Kolasinski. In 1894 ordained by an independent bishop, Rene Vilatte in Cleveland, 0. From 1896 until May 3, 1907, pastor of the Holy Rosary Parish, Buffalo, N. Y., where he was consecrated bishop, March 20, 1898 by archbishop Rene J. Vilatte. From 1898 to 1911 edited and published a weekly Polish paper "Warta," an organ of the independent church. Died Sept. 19, 1911 in Buffalo, N. Y.

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

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