Joseph Michael Lachowski, CM
Roman Catholic priest, educator
Born Mar. 16, 1928, Ansonia (CT), U.S.; son of Walenty and Walentyna (Piotrowska).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Gannom University, Erie (PA), 1956; Licentiate of Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), 1957, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), 1958, University of St. Thomas, Rome (Italy).
Career: director, 1954-56, 1959-62, teacher (English, biology), 1954-56, 1958-74, St. John Kanty Preparatory, Erie; prof. (religious studies), Niagara University (NY), 1975-83; director, House of Studies, Wethersfield (CT), 1983-85; seminary prof., Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell (CT), 1983-87; parochial vicar, St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Brooklyn (NY), 1987 -.
Author: The Concept of Redemption accord to St. Johns Gospel, 1958; 8 articles in New Catholic Encyclopedia; 25 book reviews in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1960-83.
Member of: active member, Catholic Biblical Association of America; delegate, since 1974, International Assembly, Rome, consultor, 1975-78, Vincentian Fathers; director, Glee Club, St. John Kanty Preparatory.
Honors: National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, to Penn State University, 1966, to University of Southern California, 1967, to University of Portland (OR), 1968, to St. Joseph College (MD), 1969, to University of Iowa, 1973.
Affiliation: Democrat.
Languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, Latin, Greek.
Office: St. Stanislaus Kostka Rectory, 607 Humboldt St., Brooklyn, NY 11222.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996