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Canonization cause officially opens for pioneering Minnesota priest

Canonization cause officially opens for pioneering Minnesota priest

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The Slovenian immigrant priest heroically ministered and evangelized in northern Minnesota beginning in the late 1860s until his death in 1922 at age 88. The post Canonization cause officially opens for pioneering Minnesota priest first appeared on OSV News.

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