Blessed Józef Jankowski
Also known as: prisoner 16895
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
October 16
Born
November 17, 1910
Died
October 1, 16
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
Venerated
26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Józef Jankowski, also known as "prisoner 16895", was born on 17 November 1910 in Czyczkowy, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was the second of eight children born to Robert and Michalina Jankowski. From a young age, Józef felt a calling to the priesthood and in 1929, at the age of 19, he joined the Pallottines, a Catholic religious community founded by St. Vincent Pallotti.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1999-06-13 by 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
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