Blessed Józef Jankowski
Also known as: prisoner 16895
Feast Day
16 October; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Born
17 November 1910 in Czyczkowy, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
Died
Beaten to death by a guard on 16 October 1941 in the prison camp at Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Malopolskie, occupied Poland
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.
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