page_title: Jozef Cieminski
section_title: Minneapolis
hierarchical_section_title: Jozef Cieminski / Biography / Minneapolis
caption_attribution_description: English: Msgr. Jozef Cieminski, circa 1945. Courtesy of Polish Museum, Winona MN
context_page_description: Józef Franciszek Darzyn Ciemiński was a Polish-born Roman Catholic priest. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1881 and was ordained as a Priest in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1895. He was involved with numerous Polish Catholic parishes during his lifetime including the now closed troubled Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Duluth, Minnesota and the parish of Holy Cross in Minneapolis.
context_section_description: 1915 saw Father Cieminski moving to another trouble spot, the parish of Holy Cross in Minneapolis, founded in 1886 by his mentor and friend, Father Pacholski. Holy Cross had been in turmoil for several years, due to a scandal which possibly involved its longtime pastor, Father Henryk Jazdzewski. Sensing an opportunity, a faction of "independents" had already broken away from Holy Cross and founded Sacred Heart Polish National Church. Another such faction had arisen and was trying to take over Holy Cross itself.
  Agreeing with him (Monsignor Pacholski) but dissatisfied with the new pastor, the archbishop replaced him with Father Joseph Cieminski of Duluth. Cieminski, who began his career in Winona and ended it there much later, had a reputation as a troubleshooter. Intelligent, shrewd and impressive in body and bearing, he firmly took control in 1915 and remained at Holy Cross until 1932.
  — William Galush, "The Polish Experience in Northeast Minnesota," in Gerald J. Langowski (ed.), The Polish Heritage (Winona, 1981), p. 89.
  On March 4, 1916, Father Cieminski's task became further complicated when Father Jazdzewski was shot and killed in the rectory of Saint Casimir's Parish in Minneapolis by a former Holy Cross parishioner. Again, Father Cieminski successfully healed a congregation and brought it safely back into the fold.
caption: Msgr. Cieminski, circa 1945. Courtesy, Polish Museum, Winona MN
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