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Blessed Józef Jankowski
Blessed Józef Jankowski

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

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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