Rev. Andrew Pavlis

Father Andrew Pavlis was born in Bielypotok, Czechoslovakia on March 14th, 1891 and moved into the Philadelphia Archdiocese in 1920. He was ordained in Kosice on September 17th, 1915 by the Right Rev. Fisher-Colbrie Augustine.

Early assignments held by Father Pavlis included administrator in Udva, Czechoslovakia, as a military chaplain from 1916 to 1920 and as assistant rector in Palmerton and Lansford. Prior to his assignment at St. Joseph’s in Coatesville, he served as the rector for St. Joseph’s in Sheppton, Pennsylvania.

Father Pavlis served as pastor of St. Joseph’s, from September 9th, 1924 to March 9th, 1929 when he was reassigned as the Rector of St. John Nepomucene in Philadelphia. He remained there until his death on August 22nd, 1944.