Leopold Moczygemba, OFM Conv (October 18, 1824 – February 23, 1891) was the founder of the first

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parish in Panna Maria and

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. He was born October 18, 1824, in Groß Pluschnitz,

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(now Płużnica Wielka, Poland). During his career, he was papal envoy to the United States and founder of the Polish SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in

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. He also ministered to the ethnic Polish populations of the north-central United States. Moczygemba was one of the founding members of the Polish-American Association

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Leopold Moczygemba
at the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on March 30, 2007. 1824 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Conventual Friars Minor Silesian emigrants to the United States People from Strzelce County People from Karnes County, Texas People from Bandera, Texas 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests {{US-RC-clergy-stub