Bójnowski, Lucyan, 1868-1960
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found: Immigrant pastor, 1974 :subtitle from t.p. (the life of the Right Reverend Monsignor Lucyan Bójnowski of New Britain, Connecticut)
found: Polish American encyclopedia, 2011:pp. 36-37 (Bójnowski, Lucyan, b. Swierzbutów, Poland, February 5, 1868; d. New Britain, Connecticut, July 28, 1960; priest, Polonia activist; arrived in the U.S. in 1888, and entered the Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Park, Michigan; ordained on January 30, 1895; assigned to New Britain, Conn. where he became the long-term pastor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish; championed the Polish cause both within the Roman Catholic Church where he advocated Polish bishops and the patriotic cause of Poland's independence; given title of Monsignor in 1946 in recognition of his past accomplishments in building his parish)
found: American national biography online, May 31, 2016(Bójnowski, Lucyan, 5 Feb. 1868-28 July 1960; priest of the Roman Catholic Church; born in the village of Swierzbutowo, county of Sokólka, province of Grodno, in the Russian-dominated part of partitioned Poland; arrived in New York City in 1888; ordained a priest in Hartford, Connecticut in 1895; worked with the Polish parish members to create a bilingual and bicultural community in which Polish and American values could merge; died in the rectory of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Britain) - https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801761
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