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During post-war Communist rule of Poland, the church suffered severe persecution. The Polish Catholic Church is now an autocephalous body in communion with the PNCC. [7] In 2002, Robert M. Nemkovich was elected by the twenty-first general synod to be the sixth prime bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church.
Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church: The Most Rev. Anthony Mikovsky [8] Eastern Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church (17 parishes) [9] Diocesan Cathedral: Holy Trinity Cathedral - Manchester, NH [10] Diocesan Bishop: Rt. Rev. Paul Sobiechowski Blessed Trinity Parish - Fall River, MA [11] Saint Casimir's Parish - Lowell ...
A number of Polish-American Catholic parishes were founded by Polish immigrants in New England, United States from 1887. There are 78 such parishes in 10 dioceses. Fr Franciszek Chalupka was the founder of the first Polish-American parishes in New England.
The original church building was a wood-frame structure, which was destroyed by a fire in 1904. The replacement was a Gothic Revival Style with a tower and steeple rising to 175 feet that was built on the site of the original church. [1] This is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New York City in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Aug. 13—The annual Polish picnic hosted by St. Stephen's Polish National Catholic Church, Cumru Township, is returning to St. Benedict's Picnic Grove, 2020 Chestnut Hill Road, Robeson Township ...
The Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church is a diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church that includes New Jersey, part of New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and parishes in California, Colorado, and Maryland. The cathedral of the Central Diocese is St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War Two for sheltering a Jewish family from the ...
The Polish National Catholic Church considers him to be the founder and first bishop of their denomination. [2] In 1898 Hodor and others who had been excommunicated burned their excommunication letters from Rome and tossed them in the river. In 1900 Hodor broke with tradition by chanting the Christmas Eve midnight mass in Polish rather than ...