Career
He received his training at the Collegium Leoninum at Wejherowo, the Collegium Marianum at Pelplin, and the Pelplin Higher Seminary (Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Pelplinie). He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1959. Father Szulist has combined with his pastoral labors a particular research interest in the Kashubian diaspora to North America.
Over the years he traveled extensively through the United States and Canada to further his research, examining archival material and consulting with scholars.
Among Father Szulist"s numerous works, as categorized by Worldcat are works on the Kashubian American communities of Winona, Minnesota, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Pine Creek, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He wrote a book about the Carl Maria Splett, a catholic bishop who collaborated with Nazis.
In 2009, the fiftieth anniversary of Father Szulist"s ordination was observed by a surprise celebration in Lipusz, attended by scholarly, civic, and church dignitaries from around Kashubia. Now retired from active priestly ministry, Father Szulist has remained in Lipusz, where he continues his prolific scholarly activity.
He speaks Kashubian language.