Born on June 16, 1870 in Zaluczne, Odrowaz Province, Poland
Elementary school in Nowy Targ
High school in Krakow
Emigrated to America in 1892
Completed philosophy and theology studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary which was then located on the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

Ordained on February 29, 1896 by Bishop Winand Michael Wigger at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral

First assignment St. Stanislaus Parish, Belmont Ave, Newark

Appointed Pastor St. Adalbert’s, 1905

Named Monsignor September 1929

Named Protonotary Apostolic June 1946 at the time of his Golden Anniversary of Priesthood

Died on July 29, 1956 as Pastor of St. Adalbert’s

Born on March 23, 1907 in Elizabeth, NJ the second of eight children Katherine Stochlinski and John Smolen, originally of Rzeszow, Poland

St. Adalbert School, Don Bosco Institute, Ramsey
Seton Hall College
Seminary of Immaculate Conception, Darlington NJ

JA Smolen was ordained on June 10, 1933 at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral by Archbishop Thomas Walsh
First Mass – June 11, 1933 St. A’s

OLC, Jersey City 23 years
September 29, 1956 as the second pastor St. A’s

January 27, 1962 Domestic Prelate
Retired on July 1, 1972

Born in Elizabeth NJ on April 17, 1921
Son of Joseph and Catherine Marjanczyk

Attended St. Adalbert’s Parochial, Cleveland and Jefferson Class of 1937 Elizabeth
B.A.1941 and did postgraduate work at Seton Hall University, South Orange
Theological studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree in Pastoral Theology

Ordained on May 5, 1945 by Archbishop Thomas A. Walsh;
First Mass May 6, 1945

First assignment was St. Valentine’s Church in Bloomfield.
July 1, 1972 appointed as the third pastor of St. Adalbert’s Member Archdiocesan Priest Personnel Board
First Dean of 12 Parishes in Elizabeth in 1975
August 1975 – Trustee of Archdiocesan Corporation
Honorary President of Polish Clergy Association of Newark and Paterson Dioceses
May 29, 1979 named Prelate of Honor to His Holiness with the title of Monsignor by Pope John Paul II
March 19, 1983 appointed pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Bayonne
May 19, 1988 named Protonotary Apostolic and in January 1991 appointed Episcopal Vicar of South Hudson County
Grand Marshall for NY Pulaski Day Parade 1993
Retired

Born in Irvington NJ on November 12, 1933;
the son of Edward F. and Mary Tokarski Gubernat

Sacred Heart Grammar School, Irvington NJ
Seton Hall Prep, South Orange NJ
Seton Hall University, South Orange
Immaculate Conception Seminary; Master of Divinity, Master of Theology

Ordained on May 23, 1959 by Archbishop Thomas A. Boland

First assignment Our Lady Czestochowa, Jersey City NJ
Other Assignments: St. Stanislaus, Garfield; St. Leo’s, Irvington; Immaculate Conception, Mahwah; St. Patrick’s High School, Elizabeth, NJ; St. Anthony’s, Jersey City, NJ.

On May 22, 1983 appointed pastor of St. Adalbert’s
Died September 12, 1995 as pastor of St. Adalbert

Born on April 7, 1948 in Bayonne, NJ
Frank and Margaret Mary Dillon Marczewski

Educated in Roselle Park Public School and St. Peter’s Prep, Jersey City NJ
BA in Classical Languages from Seton Hall University
Master of Divinity from Immaculate Conception Seminary

Ordained on May 25, 1974
First assignment St Adalbert’s
1980 assigned to Campus Ministry at Rutgers’ Newark and NJIT
1982-1990 Director for Campus Ministry for Archdiocese of Newark
1987 Master of Arts in Spirituality from Fordham University
1991 assigned as the Chaplain to Essex Catholic, East Orange
1995-1997 Office for Young Adult Ministry in the Archdiocese
In 1995 he was appointed as the Administrator of St. Adalbert’s
In February 1996 he was appointed the Fifth Pastor of St. Adalbert
In January 1997 was named the Executive Director of CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry
May 11, 2001 named Prelate of Honor to His Holiness with the title of Monsignor by Pope John Paul II

On June 1, 2004 was appointed Pastor of St. Aloysius’ Parish in Caldwell
On August 1, 2005 was appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Bayonne

The Present Pastor
Born on June 9, 1962 in Radziechowy, Poland
Stanislaw and Maria Szczotka

Elementary school in Radziechowy, Poland
High school in Milówka, Poland

On September 8, 1981 entered the Society of the Divine Savior (The Salvatorians Fathers)

First Religious Profession September 8, 1982, and on September 8, 1986 the Final Religious Profession

In 1988 he completed philosophy and theology and was ordained priest by Bp. Adam Dyczkowski on May 28, 1988 in Bagno, Poland

First assignment: the Salvatorian Vocation Office in Krakow

1990 – 1992 Licentiate in Moral Theology at St. Thomas Aquinas University in Rome, Italy

1992 – 1995 Superior of Salvatorian Formation House in Bangalore, India
1995 – 1996 Secretary of Salvatorian Mission in Massasi, Tanzania
1996 - 1998 Prefect of Students and Teacher in the Salvatorian Inter-Religious Seminary in Morogoro, Tanzania
1998 - 1999 Salvatorian Mother House in Rome, Italy
1999 – 2000 Salvatorian Mission House in Merriville, Indiana

On June 15, 2000 appointed Associate Pastor in St. Adalbert’s

On July 1, 2004 appointed as sixth Pastor of St. Adalbert’s

From June 2004 to June 2005 led the Parish Transition Team for New Energies Parish Transition Project

In February 2005 appointed Administrator of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Elizabeth

St. Adalbert’s Parish and Sts. Peter & Paul were officially linked as the two separate parishes with one Pastor

Presently Fr. Krys is serving as the Pastor of two linked parishes:
St. Adalbert & Sts. Peter & Paul.