SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish issued the following announcement on Oct. 2.
Father Anthony A. Wozniak, a retired priest of the Diocese of Greensburg, died October 2, 2021 at St. Anne Home, Greensburg. He was 87 and had been a priest for 60 years.
A native of Posen, Mich., Father Wozniak was born Nov. 14, 1933, to the late Anthony and Theresa (Purol) Wozniak.
Father Wozniak attended primary and secondary schools in Posen. He earned a bachelor's degree from St. Mary College, Orchard Lake, Mich., and completed theological studies at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake.
He was ordained a priest May 23, 1959, at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg, by the late Bishop Hugh L. Lamb.
Father Wozniak served as assistant pastor (parochial vicar) of SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Fairchance (1959-61); St. Joseph Parish, Uniontown (1961-62); and St. Regis Parish, Trafford (1962-68), before being appointed pastor of St. Hubert Parish, Point Marion, where he served from 1968-71.
He also served as pastor of Holy Family Parish, Seward, and its former chapels in Bolivar and New Florence, (1971-72), St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish, New Kensington (1972-86); and SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish and its former chapel in Shoaf (1986-99).
In 1999, he was granted permission to serve in pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich.
After returning to the Diocese of Greensburg, he was appointed chaplain of St. Anne Home, Greensburg in 2002. He provided pastoral care at other nursing homes in Greensburg.
Father Wozniak retired to Neumann House, Greensburg, in 2008.
Arrangements are pending.
Original source can be found here.
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