Paul Breza

[1] During his nearly fifty years of active priestly ministry, Father Breza has served the Diocese of Winona in a number of roles: pastor, chaplain, teacher, and administrator, tending to people from across the spectrum of society.

[3] See also Kashubians#Diaspora In 1979, Father Breza established the Polish Cultural Institute and Museum in Winona in a former lumber yard office he had purchased two years earlier.

Initially intended to commemorate Winona's Polish American heritage, the Cultural Institute and Museum has also developed a Kashubian element after Father Breza's visits to Bytów in the late 1980s and the 1990s.

"[8] Father Breza has received public honors for his priestly ministry and for his service to the Kashubian American community, both in Poland and in the United States.

[11] On June 1, 2013, with representatives from the town on Bytow in attendance, Father Breza celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood with a special Mass at the Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka and a banquet at the Polish Museum.