Polish Priest and Prince...

The most Rev. Dominic Kolasinski was maybe the most influential and important Polish priest to tend his flock in the east-side Polonia of Detroit but if he wasn't he was certainly the most controversial. He was the priest that built the magnificent edifice that is the current St. Albertus Polish Roman Catholic Church, the 1^st Polish Roman Catholic Church in the city of Detroit. Later, he built Sweetest Heart of Mary, the almost equally magnificent Polish Roman Catholic Church that use to be three (3) blocks west of St. Albertus on the same E. Canfield St. but since Riopelle St. was eliminated at Canfield it’s only two (2) blocks, now. Photo courtesy of the book DETROIT'S OLDEST POLISH PARISH: ST. ALBERTUS 1872-1973 CENTENNIAL.