Jozef Stanek
Józef Stanek (born December 4, 1916 in Łapsze Niżne , † September 23, 1944 in Warsaw ) was a Polish priest of the Pallottines .
Life
Józef Stanek attended the Pallottine High School in Wadowice . He joined the order of the Pallottines and made his first profession on August 15, 1937. He studied theology in Ołtarzew and was ordained a priest on April 7, 1941. He then studied sociology at the University of Warsaw , which worked underground in 1941. In 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising , Stanek worked as a hospital chaplain and was close to the Kryska group , which fought for an independent Poland. When the uprising collapsed, Józef Stanek fell into the hands of the SS and was hanged on a gallows on September 23, 1944.
beatification
On June 13, 1999, Pope John Paul II beatified Father Józef Stanek SAC together with 107 other Polish martyrs . His feast day is June 12th. In 2005 Cardinal Józef Glemp consecrated a museum chapel on the Blessed in Wola in Warsaw.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stanek, Józef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Pallottine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łapsze Niżne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1944 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |