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Kania, Rev. Louis, O.F.M.
Roman Catholic priest. Born in Ruplawa, Poland, March 16, 1875; son of Charles Kania and Caroline Buchfald. Education: 8 years elementary school, 1881-1889; two years Agricultural High School, 1891-93: five years college, 1894-99; six years Seminary, 1900-05. Ordained to holy priesthood, June 29, 1905. Professor in St. Bonaventure's College, Pulaski, Wis., 1906-1915; Professor in the Seminary, Green Bay, Wis., 1915-1923; Superior of the Franciscan Monastery, Green Bay, Wis., 1922-25: Commissary Provincial, 1925-1927; Pastor of St. Philip's parish, St. Philip, Montana, from January, 1930 to June. 1931; St. Francis Monastery, Burlington, Wis., 1931-36; Franciscan Monastery, Pulaski, Wis., 1936-1941; St. Bernardine's Momastery, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1942. Since Sept. 11, 1942 chaplain of Mercy Hospital and Sanitarium, Manistee, Wis.
Residence: 1033 Lake Drige, SE., Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

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