Franciszek Hodur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franciszek Hodur

American bishop

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1866

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1953

Profession: poet, Catholic priest, founder

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Bishop Franciszek Hodur (1 April 1866 – 16 February 1953) was the founder and the first, and longtime, Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church. Hodur was born on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1866, to Jan and Maria Hodur in the village of Zarki, 35 miles from Kraków, Poland.
He enrolled as a seminarian in Kraków and studied at Jagiellonian University.
He left Europe in December 1892 for the United States of America, where he hoped to serve Polish immigrants.
Hodur made his way to the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was sent to the seminary at St.
Vincent's Benedictine Archabbey in Latrobe.
On August 19, 1893, he was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church by Bishop William O'Hara.