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Machnikowski, Rev. John
Clergyman. Pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Shamokin, Pa., 1893-1897. As one of the delegates visited Rome, Italy, and presented the Pope with a petition signed by 100,000 Roman Catholics of Polish descent in America requesting the Holy See to appoint Bishops among the Polish Catholic in U.S. Deceased.

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

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