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Jan Józef Dekowski

ID: OS-007151-P/149351

Jan Józef Dekowski

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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