Warczynski, Leon K., Rev.
(1918 - 2009)By Jennifer Moskal
91, was a former longtime pastor of Sacred Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Graceland Park. Fr. Warczynski graduated to the old St. Charles College Seminary in Cantonsville, and later attended seminary at St. Mary's on Paca Street and transferred to St. Mary's Seminary and University in Roland Park, where he finished his theological studies. He was ordained in 1942 and served at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Westernport, the now-closed St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore, Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, and Sacred Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Graceland. During his tenure at Sacred Heart, Fr. Warczynski led the effort to build a new school and parish hall, which were built in the 1960s.
Source: Polish American Journal, March 2009, Vol. 98, No. 3.