Leopold Moczygemba

Fr. Leopold Moczygemba OFM Conv
Born	Leopold Moczygemba (1824-10-18)October 18, 1824 Płużnica Wielka, Upper Silesia
Died	(1891-02-23)February 23, 1891 Dearborn, Michigan
Resting place	Panna Maria, Texas
Citizenship	Prussia
Occupation	Roman Catholic priest
Employer	OFM Conv
Known for	Founding the first Polish-American Roman Catholic parish, Panna Maria, Texas.
Title	Father

Leopold Moczygemba, OFM Conv (October 18, 1824 – February 23, 1891) was the founder of the first Polish-American parish in Panna Maria and Bandera, Texas.

He was born October 18, 1824, in Groß Pluschnitz, Upper Silesia, Prussia (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 Detroit. 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

Bibliography

• Baker, T. Lindsay (1979). The First Polish Americans: Silesian Settlements in Texas. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.
• Baker, T. Lindsay (Spring 1984). The Reverend Leopold Moczygemba, Patriarch of Polonia. Polish American Studies.
• Swastek, Joseph (1951). Priest and Pioneer: Rev. Leopold Moczygemba. Detroit: Conventual.
• Seidner, Stanley S. (1976). In Quest of a Cultural Identity: An Inquiry for the Polish Community. New York, New York: IUME, Teachers College, Columbia University. ERIC collection: ED167674.
• Leopold Moczygemba at the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.