Rev. Robert T. Dmitri (1946-1991) attended St.
John Vianney Seminary in East Aurora, NY earning bachelor's and master's
degrees. In 1972, Father Dmitri was ordained a priest of the Diocese of
Buffalo. He served as parochial vicar at St. Mark, Rushford; St. Agnes,
Buffalo; St. John de LaSalle and Sacred Heart parishes in Niagara Falls.
Father Dmitri was also a faculty member at Niagara Catholic High School from
1980 to 1986. Father Dmitri served as chaplain at St. Mary’s Manor and Mount
St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston and for the Niagara Falls Police and Fire
Departments.
It was Father Bob’s dying wish to increase devotion to St. Peregrine and he
was the inspiration in forming the Friends of St. Peregrine. Father Dmitri
passed away from cancer at the young age of 45.
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