Michael Marian Zembrzuski
Roman Catholic priest, Pauline father, social worker
Born Dec. 16, 1908, Szypulki-Zagorze, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Maximilian and Victoria (Tanski).
Education: Institute of Theology, Congregation of St. Vincent a Paulo Studies, Cracow (Poland), 1930-34; ordination, 1934; LL.H., Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.), Alliance College, Cambridge Springs (PA), 1968.
Career: organizer, head, Province of Pauline Fathers in Hungary, 1934-48; social worker, Pontifical Aid Committee (to help Poles), Rome (Italy), 1948-51; priest, organizer, American Province of Pauline Fathers, co-founder, superior, vicar general, religious and cultural Polish center in Doylestown (PA), 1951-75; missionary, monastery in Kittanning (PA), 1975-80; social worker among Poles in Brooklyn (NY), 1980-93; Retired.
Author: weekly radio talks, 1955-75; numerous articles in Polish newspapers; numerous lectures and speeches.
Member of: director, Home Attendant Program, Polish & Slavic Center, Brooklyn (NY); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Languages: Polish, Hungarian, Italian, German, English, Latin.
Home: National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Ferry Road, P.O. Box 2049, Doylestown, PA 18901.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.