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The Right Rev. Valentine Kohlbeck, O.S.B., Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary of Priesthood.

One of the most influential men among the Czechs in America during the last forty years has been, without dispute, the Rt. Rev. Valentine Kohlbeck, O.S.B., at present abbot of St. Procopius Abbey and president of St. Procopius College, Lisle, Illinois.

The Rt. Rev. Abbot Valentine Kohlbeck, O.S.B.

He was born in Chalupy, Bohemia on February 17, 1864. When only thirteen years old, he came to America and began his academic studies at St. Vincent in Pennsylvania. Because of his industry and unusual ability, he finished his high school, college

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