Most Reverend Alexander M. Zaleski |
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Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan |
Predecessor | Joseph H. Albers |
Successor | Kenneth Joseph Povish |
Other posts | Auxiliary bishop Detroit, Michigan |
Orders | |
Ordination | July 12, 1931 |
Consecration | May 23, 1950 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Laurel, New York |
June 24, 1906
Died | May 16, 1975 Lansing, Michigan |
(aged 68)
Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski (24 Jun 1906 – 16 May 1975) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lansing from 1965 until his death in 1975.
One of seven children, Alexander Zaleski was born in Laurel, New York, to Anthony and Bertha (née Janulewicz) Zaleski. After graduating from Don Bosco Preparatory High School at Ramsey, New Jersey, in 1924, he attended SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He went to Belgium in 1927 and enrolled at the American College of Louvain, where he was later ordained to the priesthood on July 12, 1931.
Following his return to Michigan, Zaleski served as a curate at Resurrection Church in Detroit until 1932, when he was transferred to St. Thomas the Apostle Church in the same city. In 1935 he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He served as professor at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary (1935-1937), vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Detroit (1937-1949), and pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Pontiac (1949-1956) and of St. Alphonsus Church in Dearborn (1956-1964). He was named a Domestic Prelate in 1946.