Bios: REV. JOHN ANDRZEJEWSKI, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
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REV. JOHN ANDRZEJEWSKI,
John Andrzejewski[p. 620] pastor of St. Mary's Polish Catholic Church of
New Castle, has had charge of this parish since 1905, which includes 250
families, covering 1,400 souls. Notwithstanding big responsibilities,
Father Andrzejewski is a young man, having been born February 2, 1874,
at Milwaukee, Wis. His parents were Ignatius and Victoria (Wilebski)
Andrzejewski.
The parents of Father Andrzejewski were born in Poland. They came to
America in 1869 and settled at Milwaukee, Wis., where the mother still
resides. The father engaged in merchandising. He died in 1906. They have
six children living.
Father Andrzejewski was primarily educated in the parochial schools of
Milwaukee, continued studies at Marquette College, Milwaukee, for four
years, and completed his education at St. Paul Seminary. On November 30,
1896, he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Ireland, of St.
Paul Seminary, and he was stationed first as assistant priest of St.
Luke's Church of St. Paul. Six months later he was appointed pastor of
St. Peter's Colored Church, St. Paul, and then took charge of a lonely
mission situated fifteen miles from any railroad line. He labored there
for six years and his ministrations are remembered with gratitude and
affection by the Catholics scattered through that section. He then was
appointed asssistant pastor of the Butler Parish, in Butler County,
Pennsylvania, and in 1905 he became pastor of St. Mary's at New Castle.
His people love and reverence him. In addition to the usual duties of
the parish priest, he has under his charge a prospering parish school
which has an enrollment of sixty pupils.
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20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
Updated: 16 Nov 2001