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Niedbalski, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Severin
Ordained April 19, 1898. From Dec. 1898 to 1903 pastor of St. Mary's parish. Panna Maria, Texas. Since Nov. 11, 1904 to date, pastor of the Holy Trinity parish, Erie, Pa. In 1929 president of Polish Seminary Alumni Association. Elected director of the Polish Theological Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich.; founder of two foundations in honor of the late Rev. Joseph Dombrowski and Rev. Vitold Buhaczkowski the first two rectors and presidents of the said seminary. National chaplain of the Polish Falcons in America with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. Decorated by the Polish Government with the order of "Polonia Restituta" and by the Polish Falcons of America with the cross "Legion of Honor." Residence 2220 Reed St., Erie, Pa.

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

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