Charles M. Schwab funded the construction of a large stone church, the current basilica, at Prince Gallitzin's tomb. Schwab also provided funds for a bronze statue of Gallitzin. The nearby town of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, is named for western Pennsylvania's first English-speaking Catholic priest. In this town, the Pennsylvania Railroad would tunnel through the summit of the Allegheny Mountains. Eventually, the railroad would operate three tunnels through the ridge into Gallitzin. The Gallitzin Tunnel was closed as part of Conrail's massive double-stack clearance project in the 1990s. In the mid-1960s, Pennsylvania christened a new nearby state park in honor of Prince Gallitzin, as he is called locally. In 1990, Bishop Joseph V. Adamec, Bishop-Emeritus of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, established the Prince Gallitzin Cross Award, which is given annually to Catholics in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown who exemplify the evangelizing spirit of the Prince-Priest, Demetrius Gallitzin. On June 6, 2005, it was announced that Gallitzin had been named a Servant of God by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the first step on the path toward a possible future sainthood. Notes References Brownson, Sarah. Life of Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, Prince and Priest, Fr Pustet & Co., New York, 1873 Kittell, Souvenir of Loretto Centenary, (Cresson, Pa., 1899) Heyden, Thomas. A Memoir on the Life and Character of the Rev. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin: Founder of Loretto and Catholicity, in Cambria County, Pa., Apostle of the Alleghanies, J. Murphy & Company, Baltimore, 1869 External links Official Site for the Canonization of Servant of God Demetrius Gallitzin Obituary of Father Demetrius Gallitzin, Mountaineer, May 14, 1840, reprinted in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, 1896, transcribed to rootsweb.com website. "Prince-turned-priest on path toward sainthood" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 7, 2005. "One of the first priests ordained in the USA on road to sainthood" Catholic News Agency, June 10, 2005. 1770 births 1840 deaths 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests People from Maryland People from Cambria County, Pennsylvania Dutch emigrants to the United States Converts to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Former Russian Orthodox Christians Demetrius Augustine American Servants of God Clergy from The Hague 19th-century venerated Christians Catholics from Pennsylvania Russian princes