Uminski, Rev. Edward
Roman Catholic clergyman. Born and educated in Poland; for several years a teacher in the public schools there and later ordained to priesthood in 1888. Came to the U.S. in 1902 as a political refugee of the Czarist regime; was one of the first pioneer priests in New England; for ten years pastor and organizer of Our Lady of PerpetuaI Help parish in New Bedford, Mass., also St. Hedwig's parish of that city. For many years assisted at St. Anthony's Church, Jersey City and St. Stanislaus Church, New York City. In 1925 conducted a pilgrimage of Polish-Americans to Lourdes, France and to Rome, Italy and decorated by the Pope with a gold cross. Died in 1937.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943