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Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski
Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski

Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski

Also known as: Bronislao

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

22 March; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Born

25 May 1889 in Barlozno, Pomorskie, Poland

Died

Shot on Good Friday 22 March 1940 in a field outside the Stutthof concentration camp near Sztutowo, Pomorskie, Poland; in 1946 he and others in the mass grave were exhumed and re-buried in a cemetery in the Gdansk district of Zaspa, Poland

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski, also known as Bronislao, was born on 25 May 1889 in Barlozno, Pomorskie, Poland, to Jan Komorowski and Katarzyna née Gencza. He was one of eleven children born to his parents. Growing up in a devout Catholic family, Bronislaw developed a strong faith and felt called to serve the Church.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1999-06-13 by 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Feast Days

March 22June 12

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