Franciszek Rogaczewski
Blessed Franciszek Rogaczewski | |
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Priest, martyr | |
Born | Lipinki, Poland | 23 December 1892
Died | 11 January 1940 Sztutowo, Poland | (aged 47)
Beatified | 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 11 January 12 June (group memorial) |
Franciszek Rogaczewski (23 December 1892 – 11 January 1940) was a Polish Catholic priest who was arrested by the Nazis and killed at Stutthof concentration camp. He is considered a martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
Life
Franciszek Rogaczewski was born on 23 December 1892 in Lipinki, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.[1] He studied for the priesthood and was ordained in Gdańsk in 1918. As pastor of Christ the King parish, he was a highly renowned and much sought-after confessor.[1] Rogaczewski was arrested on 1 September 1939 by the Nazis for the crime being a priest.[1] He was tortured for months before being shot to death on 11 January 1940 while imprisoned at Stutthof concentration camp (located near Sztutowo, Poland).[1]
Veneration
After his death, Rogaczewski was recognized as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.[1] His individual feast day is 11 January; there is also a group memorial for the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II on 12 June.
References
Media related to Franciszek Rogaczewski at Wikimedia Commons
- 1892 births
- 1940 deaths
- People from Świecie County
- Polish Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Roman Catholic priests
- People who died in Stutthof concentration camp
- 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- Polish beatified people
- Polish civilians killed in World War II
- Polish people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- Executed Polish people
- People executed by Germany by firearm
- Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era
- Executed people from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship