began building the seminary in 1884, and on 24 July 1885, Bishop Stephen V. Ryan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo blessed the cornerstone in the presence of Bishop Borgess of Detroit. The seminary was opened in 1887, and for nineteen years Father Dabrowski served as its rector. In 1902 it was enlarged, and in 1909 it was removed to Orchard Lake, Michigan. Death A few days before his death, Father Dabrowski expelled 29 students from the seminary for open rebellion. On 9 Feb., 1903, he suffered a paralytic stroke and died. He died at Detroit, February 15, 1903. Notes 1842 births 1903 deaths People from Oakland County, Michigan People from Portage County, Wisconsin 19th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Polish emigrants to the United States January Uprising participants