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ID: OS-007151-P

Jan Józef Dekowski

ID: OS-007151-P

Jan Józef Dekowski

Niagara-On-The-Lake | Canada
First name:
Jan Józef
Last Name:
Dekowski
Profession:
military / soldier, officer, clergyman, priest
Biography:

Jan Józef Dekowski (1882-1949), son of Polish emigrants in the United States, priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit. In early 1918, he arrived in France with Polish volunteers and became chaplain of the 3rd Rifle Regiment of the Polish Army. He took part in the fighting in the Vosges. After the war, he settled in Canada. He was pastor of many Polish parishes in Ontario.

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