About Francis Carl Rowinski
Lived 1918 – 1990 (aged 71). Francis Carl Rowinski was an American priest.
Francis Carl Rowinski (September 10, 1918 – August 4, 1990) was an American prelate and primate of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC). Born in Dickson City, Pennsylvania, Rowinski was ordained to the priesthood on May 17, 1939, consecrated bishop on May 9, 1959, and served as diocesan Bishop of the Western Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church from 1959 to 1978, when he was appointed Prime Bishop of the PNCC. He was appointed Bishop Ordinary of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese of the PNCC on October 3, 1978, and retired in June, 1990.
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Bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church
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Francis Carl Rowinski was born on 10 September 1918 in Dickson City.
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Francis Carl Rowinski died on 4 August 1990 in Chicago.
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Francis Carl Rowinski was a priest.
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Francis Carl Rowinski was American.
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