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Wladyslaw Klos

Roman Catholic priest

Born Sept. 21, 1909, Wolka Lubelska, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Antoni and Gabriela (Kwit).

Education: Seminary of Lublin (Poland), 1940; ordination, 1940.

Career: associate pastor, Szczebrzeszyn (Poland), 1940; concentration camps prisoner, Sachsenchausen, Dachau (Germany), 1940-45; chaplain, Displaced Persons (DP) camps in Germany, 1945-50; co-founder, chaplain, Polish Saturday School, Buffalo (NY), 1957-93; pastor, St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Retired.

Author: numerous articles.

Member of: organizer, commandant, chaplain, Polish Scouting in Germany, 1945-50; in Buffalo - founder, chaplain, Polish Scouting in America - Szaniec, chaplain, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A .P.), Polish Air Force Veterans Association.

Honors: Order of Polonia Restituta, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom).

Served with: Polish Army, Cadet Officer's School.

Languages: Polish, English.

Home: Albertine Home, 1501 Hoffman St., Hammond, IN 46327.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996

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