Thaddeus Zielinski

The Most Reverend

Thaddeus Zielinski

D.D.
The Most Reverend; Thaddeus Zielinski; D.D.
Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church
	Zielinski in 1986
Elected	1967
In office	1969 – 1978
Predecessor	Leon Grochowski
Successor	Francis Rowinski
Orders
Ordination	November 3, 1927
Consecration	September 2, 1954; by Leon Grochowski
Personal details
Born	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	August 11, 1990
Buried	Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery. Cheektowaga, New York, United States
Education	Savonarola Theological Seminary

Tadeusz "Thaddeus" F. Zielinski (1916 – 11 Aug 1990) was a bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC). Zielinski was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1916 to Francis and Mary Kompinski Zielinski. He was consecrated in Buffalo, New York on September 2, 1954^[1] and served as Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church from 1969^[2] until his retirement in 1978.^[3] Zielinski was the first American to serve as a Bishop in the PNCC, and likewise, was the first bishop primate born in the United States. Zielinski died on August 11, 1990, at the age of 85 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.^[4] During his tenure, the use of the English language, in place of Polish, was popularized with the translation of liturgies and hymns.^[5]

References[]

^ Swiderski, Gregory (1967). "Polish-American Polish National Catholic Bishops". Polish American Studies. 24 (1): 35–38. ISSN 0032-2806. JSTOR 20147741.
^ "CITY NATIVE TO BE NEW PNC CHURCH HEAD". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. 1969-07-18. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
^ Staff. "MOST REV. THADDEUS F. ZIELINSKI, RETIRED PRIME BISHOP EMERITUS". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
^ Staff. "RITES SET FOR BISHOP THADDEUS F. ZIELINSKI". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
^ Congress, United States (1969). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 21336–21337.

Polish National Catholic Titles
Preceded by Leon Grochowski	Prime Bishop 1969-1978	Succeeded by Francis Rowinski

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[1] Swiderski, Gregory (1967). "Polish-American Polish National Catholic Bishops". Polish American Studies. 24 (1): 35–38. ISSN 0032-2806. JSTOR 20147741.

[2] "CITY NATIVE TO BE NEW PNC CHURCH HEAD". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. 1969-07-18. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

[3] Staff. "MOST REV. THADDEUS F. ZIELINSKI, RETIRED PRIME BISHOP EMERITUS". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

[4] Staff. "RITES SET FOR BISHOP THADDEUS F. ZIELINSKI". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

[5] Congress, United States (1969). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 21336–21337.

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v Polish National Catholic Church
Dioceses	, Central, , ,
Prime Bishops	Francis Hodur (1907–1953), Leon Grochowski (1953–1969), Thaddeus Zielinski (1969–1978), Francis Rowinski (1959–1978), John Swantek (1985–2002), Robert M. Nemkovich (2002–2010), Anthony Mikovsky (2010–Present)
Misc	Union of Scranton