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Walter Slowakiewicz

Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7966158 ↗
Source-derived summary

Walter Andrew Slowakiewicz (May 20, 1911 – October 19, 1978) was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Polish National Catholic Church by Leon Grochowski on March 3, 1933, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was consecrated bishop on June 26, 1968, and served as fourth bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church based in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1972 until his death.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Walter Slowakiewicz” as bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1911, 1978, 1933, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1911-05-20. The account is most persuasive where Walter, Slowakiewicz and Bishop can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7966158. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1911, 1978, 1933 and 1968.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Walter Slowakiewicz”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Walter Slowakiewicz primary sources, Walter Slowakiewicz archive and Walter research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Walter Slowakiewicz”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Walter Slowakiewicz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.