Jan Romuald Byzewski
Jan Romuald Byzewski, better known in America as Father Romuald Byzewski, was born in the Kaszubian village of Karwia,[1] in the Prussian jurisdiction of Danzig (Gdansk), on October 10, 1842.
Biography
After graduating from secondary school in
Kaszubian diaspora
.
Reverend Byzewski arrived in New York on August 13, 1875, aboard the SS Mosel.Waclaw Kruszka, unexplained “disagreements and difficulties” may have sped Father Byzewski's departure from Winona.[5]
An 1890 city directory for
Milwaukee, Wisconsin lists Reverend Byzewski as an assistant pastor at Saint Stanislaus Church at 404 Mitchell Street. Yet by June 1890, he was in Detroit, Michigan directing the foundation of that city's fifth Polish parish, Saint Francis of Assisi. In 1898 he was transferred to Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, also in Detroit. In 1899, Reverend Byzewski was granted readmission to the Franciscan Order, and relocated to Pulaski, Wisconsin
. There he was a pastor for parishes and served as the first rector of Saint Bonaventure College.
Reverend Jan Romuald Byzewski died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 30, 1905. His grave is at Franciscan Fathers Cemetery in Pittsville, Wisconsin.
References
- ^ Władysław Szulist, Kaszubi w Ameryce; Szkice i materiały, MPiMK-P Wejherowo 2005, p.26
- ^ "Rev. Romuald Byzewski: An Advocate for the Polish People" by Sherlyn Meiers and Marty Byzewski [1] Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ISTG - Immigrant Pictures A-H".
- ^ "Kashubian Capital of America – Bambenek.org". bambenek.org. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Father Waclaw Kruszka, "History of the American Poles," volume 4, p. 122.