Francis Rowinski Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Francis Rowinski
Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church
Birth Date:10 September 1918
Birth Place:Dickson City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Ordination:May 17, 1939
Consecration:May 9, 1959
Predecessor:Thaddeus Zielinski
Successor:John Swantek

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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