Thomas Chester Machalski
Roman Catholic priest
Born Sept. 17, 1958, Jackson Heights (NY), U.S.; son of Thomas and Regina (Rutkowski).
Education: Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Ph.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1980, St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake (MI); Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington (NY), 1985; ordination, 1985; certificate in Polish language and culture, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), 1989.
Career: vicar, SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, 1985-91, administrator, Our Lady of Czestochowa - St. Casimir Rectory, 1991 -, Brooklyn (NY); canonical consultant, Tribunal of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Member of: Mariological Society of America; chaplain, Pulaski Association, Knights of Columbus, Maspeth (NY), New York City Sanitation Department, and Polish - American Hi-Hatters, Brooklyn; president, New York Metro Alumni Association of the Orchard Lake Schools; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); St. Adalbert's Society; Polish Roman Catholic Union of America.
Honors: Outstanding Young Man of America, St. Mary's Preparatory, 1978; Rev. Joseph Dabrowski Award, St. Mary's College, 1980; Citizen of the Year, Polish American World, 1991; Congressional Medal of Merit, U.S. Congress, 1991; listed in Who's Who Among American College and University Students.
Affiliation: Republican.
Language: English, Polish, Spanish.
Hobbies: collecting stamps, travel, Polish culture.
Office: Our Lady of Czestochowa - St. Casimir Rectory, 183 25th St., Brooklyn, NY 11232.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996