Father Sigmund Klimowicz, a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Province of Warsaw, Poland, died on August 11, 2010 at St. Joseph Nursing Home, Yonkers, New York at the age of 96.

Fr. Sigmund (born Marian), the son of Adam and Janina Jablonska-Klimowicz, was born in Zytomierz, Poland on June 22, 1914. He entered the Capuchin Franciscans on August 14, 1937 in Nowe Miastro n. Pilica (Poland).

Sigmund recounted some of his experiences during his formation years in conversations with our brother Charles Sammons [See accompanying article on next page].

Fr. Sigmund was ordained to the priesthood on August 12, 1945 in Versailles, France. He continued his studies at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome until 1951.

Fr. Sigmund arrived in the United States as an Australian citizen in 1964, and ministered as a parochial assistant to several parishes in Passaic, Trenton, South Amboy and Bayonne, New Jersey. He became an American citizen on December 22, 1969.      Read more...