(3)      HENRYK SZUMAN AND 71 COMPANIONS

            FROM POLAND KILLED IN ODIUM FIDEI UNDER THE NAZIS

1.        IGNACY TRENDA

            layperson of the diocese of Kielce; married

            born: 24 June 1882 in Ślęzany, Lelów, Częstochowa (Poland)

            died: 04 September 1939 in Lelów, Częstochowa (Poland)

2.        PIOTR SZAREK

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 07 May 1908 in Złotniki, Małogoszcz, Jędrzejów (Poland)

3.        STANISŁAW WIOREK

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 12 December 1912 in Bottrop (Germany)

            died: 09 September 1939 in Bydgoszcz (Poland)

4.        EMILIA GŁÓWCZYŃSKA

            (MARIA HILARIA OF THE NAME OF JESUS)

            professed religious, Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

                    – Sisters of Blessed Honorat

            born: 08 May 1888 in Świerszczów, Hrubieszów (Poland)

            died: 17 September 1939 in Warsaw (Poland)

5.        HENRYK SZUMAN *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 13 June 1882 in Toruń (Poland)

            died: 02 October 1939 in Fordon, Bydgoszcz (Poland)

6.        JAN HAMERSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 07 March 1880 in Brusy, Chojnice (Poland)

            died: 06 October 1939 in Tryszczyn, Bydgoszcz (Poland)

7.        REGINALD KRZYŻANOWSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 19 August 1894 in Dziewierzewo, Kcynia, Nakło nad Notecią (Poland)

            died: 16 October 1939 at the Szpęgawsk forest, Starogard Gdański (Poland)

8.        JÓZEF ROSKWITALSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 24 April 1893 in Dąbrówka, Starogard Gdański (Poland)

            died: 20 October 1939 in Tczew (Poland)

9.        FRANCISZEK NOGALSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 16 January 1911 in Wąbrzeźno (Poland)

            died: 24 October 1939 in Rudzki Most, Tuchola (Poland)

10.      PIOTR SOSNOWSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 19 January 1899 in Bielczyny, Chełmża, Toruń (Poland)

            died: 27 October 1939 in Rudzki Młyn, Ceckcyn, Tuchola (Poland)

11.      ANTONI ARASMUS *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 21 February 1894 in Skórcz, Starogard Gdański (Poland)

            died: 27 October 1939 in Kartuzy (Poland)

12.      HIERONIM GINTROWSKI

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 23 September 1878 in Czempiń, Kościan (Poland)

13.      JAN WAGNER

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 10 April 1892 in Piasek, Pszczyna (Poland)

            died: 01 November 1939 in Las Gdański, Bydgoszcz (Poland)

14.      JÓZEF MAŃKOWSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 29 June 1904 in Wielki Komorsk, Warlubie, Świecie (Poland)

            died: 09 November 1939 in Dolina Śmierci, Chohnice (Poland)

15.      ANASTAZY KRĘCKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 15 April 1888 in Czyczkowy, Brusy, Chojnice (Poland)

            died: November 1939 in Wielka Piaśnica, Puck (Poland)

16.      EDMUND ROSZCZYNIALSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 30 October 1888 in Łężyce, Wejherowo (Poland)

            died: 11/12 December 1939 in Cewice, Lębork (Poland)

17.      JAN LESIŃSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 11 July 1908 in Słup, Gruta, Grudziądz (Poland)

            died: 08 February 1940 at KZ Stutthof, Sztutowo (Poland)

18.      TEODOR SĄSAŁA

            professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 07 November 1888 in Szczepanowicie, Opole (Poland)

            died: 16 April 1940 at KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg (Germany)

19.      BERNARD ŁOSIŃSKI **

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 20 May 1865 in Wielce, Karsin, Kościerzyna (Poland)

            died: 22 April 1940 at KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg (Germany)

20.      ROMAN KOZUBEK

            professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 1908 in Paniówki, Gierałtowice, Gliwice (Poland)

            died: 16 May 1940 at KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg (Germany)

21.      CYRYL KARCZYŃSKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 01 July 1884 in Pelplin, Tczew (Poland)

            died: 29 May 1940 at KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg (Germany)

22.      FERDYNAND MACHAY

            priest, Oratorians (Tarnow Congregation)

            born: 09 December 1914 in Jabłonka, Nowy Targ (Poland)

            died: 08 June 1940 in Nowy Wiśnicz, Bochnia (Poland)

23.      KONSTANTYN KREFFT **

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 07 March 1867 in Lubnia, Brusy, Chojnice (Poland)

            died: 11 June 1940 at KZ Stutthof, Sztutowo (Poland)

24.      JÓZEF SŁUPINA

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 04 March 1880 in Chorzów (a.k.a. Królewska Huta) (Poland)

            died: 30 August 1940 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

25.      JAN WŁOCH

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 27 August 1914 in Pączewo, Skórcz, Starogard Gdański (Poland)

            died: 21 September 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

26.      STEFAN RADTKE **

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 02 March 1890 in Dębogórze, Kosakowo, Puck (Poland)

            died: 29 October 1940 at KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg (Germany)

27.      FLORIAN BIAŁKA

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 03 May 1918 in Lubichowo, Starogard Gdański (Poland)

            died: 05 November 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

28.      KAZIMIERZ KURIAŃSKI

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 25 February 1917 in Drohobych, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 13 November 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

29.      NORBERT KOMPALLA

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 29 May 1907 in Orzegów, Ruda Śląska (Poland)

            died: 01 December 1940 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

30.      BRONISŁAW KOWALSKI

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 10 August 1917 in Wielki Łęck, Płośnica, Działdowo (Poland)

            died: 22 December 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

31.      STANISŁAW KOLKA

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 05 November 1920 in Gdańsk (Poland)

            died: 24 December 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

32.      JAN WOJTKOWIAK

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 18 December 1917 in Bruczków, Borek Wielkopolski (Poland)

            died: 25 December 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

33.      JÓZEF ZWOLIŃSKI (SERAFIN)

            professed religious, Albertines

            born: 16 October 1879 in Iwanowice Włościańskie, Kraków (Poland)

            died: 26 December 1940 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

34.      NORBERT GOSIENIECKI

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 07 June 1920 in Dusocin, Grudziądz (Poland)

            died: 30 December 1940 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

35.      JÓZEF HUWER

            professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 1895 at Rogów, Gorzyce, Wodzisław Śląski (Poland)

            died: 09 January 1941 at KZ Buchenwald, Weimar (Germany)

36.      JAN STOLTMAN

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 27 December 1920 in Swornigacie, Chojnice (Poland)

            died: 23 January 1941 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

37.      MICHAŁ JACHIMCZAK

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 31 August 1908 in Słomiróg, Niepołomice, Wieliczka (Poland)

            died: 30 January 1941 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

38.      JAN GARCZYŃSKI

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 19 June 1914 in Mogilno (Poland)

            died: 31 January 1941 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

39.      LEON ŁUKASZ HIRSZ

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 18 October 1917 in Wielki Kack, Gdynia (Poland)

            died: 25 February 1941 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

40.      JERZY JAKOWEJCZUK

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 01 May 1916 in Kraków (Poland)

            died: 22 April 1941 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

41.      FRANCISZKA GRZANKA (ROMUALDA)

            professed religious, Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

            born: 11 January 1901 in Jamy, Wadowice Górne, Mielec (Poland)

            died: 26 June 1941 in Bojanowo, Rawicz (Poland)

42.      JAN SZAMBELAŃCZYK

            consecrated priest, Pallotines

            born: 23 January 1907 in Radomice, Września (Poland)

            died: 02 July 1941 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

43.      CZESŁAW GOLAK

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 11 July 1919 in Fabianowo,Poznań (Poland)

            died: 25 July 1941 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

44.      FRANCISZEK KILIAN

            consecrated priest, Pallotines

            born: 10 October 1895 in Zawada, Zblewo, Starogard (Poland)

            died: 02 March 1942 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

45.      NORBERT JAN PELLOWSKI

            consecrated priest, Pallotines

            born: 27 January 1903 in Pszczółki, Gdańsk (Poland)

            died: 15 March 1942 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

46.      DOMINIK KACZYŃSKI

            priest of the diocese of Łódź

            born: 04 August 1886 in Wieruszów (Poland)

            died: 30 March 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

47.      FRANCISZEK BRYJA

            consecrated priest, Pallotines

            born: 31 May 1910 in Racja, Żywiec (Poland)

            died: 04 May 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

48.      JAN JĘDRYCHOWSKI

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 23 May 1899 in Słomniki, Kraków (Poland)

            died: 06 May 1942 at NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim, Alkoven, Eferding (Austria)

49.      JÓZEF HUCHRACKI (EUSEBIUSZ)

            professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

            born: 15 October 1885 in Katowice (Poland)

            died: 06 May 1942 at NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim, Alkoven, Eferding (Austria)

50.      JÓZEF WOLNIARSKI (WINCENTY)

            professed religious, Albertines

            born: 21 January 1874 in Stardów, Czarnocin, Kazimerza Wielka (Poland)

            died: 02 July 1942 at NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim, Alkoven, Eferding (Austria)

51.      MARCIN TOMAKA

            priest of the diocese of Przemyśl

            born: 15 May 1884 in Krasne, Rzeszów (Poland)

            died: 08 July 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

52.      MACIEJ POPRAWA (ALOJZY)

            professed priest, Camaldolese

            born: 03 March 1893 in Kaszów, Liszki, Kraków (Poland)

            died: 14 August 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

53.      PAWEŁ PRABUCKI *

            priest of the diocese of Pelplin

            born: 03 September 1894 in Iwiczno, Kaliska, Starogard (Poland)

            died: 30 August 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

54.      TEODOR DRAPIEWSKI

            professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 13 January 1880 in Gacki, Drzycim, Świecie (Poland)

            died: 31 August 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

55.      WALENTY KOZIK (CHERUBIN)

            professed priest, Camaldolese

            born: 01 February 1906 in Luborzyca, Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, Kraków (Poland)

            died: 25 September 1942 at NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim, Alkoven, Eferding (Austria)

56.      JAN SIUZDAK

            priest of the diocese of Przemyśl

            born: 17 July 1898 in Hucisko, Leżajsk (Poland)

            died: 24 December 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

57.      ANTONI TWOREK

            priest of the diocese of Sandomierz

            born: 15 January 1897 in Łoniów, Sandomierz (Poland)

            died: 24 December 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

58.      WŁADYSŁAW OSMAŃSKI

            professed cleric, Society of  the Divine Word

            born: 28 August 1917 in Radomno, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (Poland)

            died: 29 December 1942 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

59.      PIOTR GOŁĄB

            professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 18 January 1888 in Schodnia, Ozimek, Opole (Poland)

            died: 26 May 1943 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

60.      EDMUND KAŁAS

            professed priest, Missionaries of the Holy Family

            born: 15 February 1899 in Wierzchucin Królewski, Koronowo (Poland)

            died: 07 June 1943 at KZ Mauthausen, Perg (Austria)

61.      STANISŁAW WITT

            professed cleric, Society of the Divine Word

            born: 13 November 1919 in Lubichowo, Starogard (Poland)

            died: 09 July 1943 at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany)

62.      JOANNA JÓZEFA LULA (HIACYNTA)

            professed religious, Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

            born: 21 March 1915 in Czeluśnica, Tarnowiec, Jasło (Poland)

            died: 08 September 1943 at KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim (Poland)

63.      BŁAŻEJ NOWOSAD

            priest of the diocese of Zamość-Lubasczów

            born: 03 February 1903 in  Siemnice, Rachanie, Tomaszów Lubelskie (Poland)

            died: 19 December 1943 in Potok Górny, Biłgoraj (Poland)

64.      JAN CHRYZOSTOM MICHAŁKOWSKI

            priest, Oratorians (Studzianna Congregation)

            born: 02 October 1914 in Jerka, Krzywiń, Kościan (Poland)

            died: 26 December 1943 at KZ Mittelbau-Dora, Nordhasen (Germany)

65.      JULIA BUNIOWSKA

            young layperson of the diocese of Przemyśl

            born: 02 April 1922 in Majdan Sieniawski, Adamówka, Przeworsk (Poland)

            died: 28 June 1944 in Majdan Sieniawski, Adamówka, Przeworsk (Poland)

66.      TADEUSZ BURZYŃSKI

            priest of the diocese of Łódź

            born: 08 October 1914 in Chruślin, Bielawy, Łowicz (Poland)

            died: 01 August 1944 in Warsaw (Poland)

67.      LEON WIĘCKIEWICZ

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 26 May 1914 in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

            died: 04 August 1944 at KZ Gross Rosen, Rogoźnica, Strzegom (Poland)

68.      JERZY POWIERTOWSKI (FRANCISZEK OF SAINT JOSEPH)

            professed cleric, Discalced Carmelites

            born: 03 December 1917 in Warsaw (Poland)

            died: 24 August 1944 in Czerna, Krzeszowice, Kraków (Poland)

69.      ADAM MAŁUSZYŃSKI

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 10 December 1898 in Sykhiv (a.k.a. Sichów), Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 31 January 1945 at KZ Mittelbau-Dora, Nordhasen (Germany)

70.      BERNARD JARUSZEWSKI *

            layperson of the diocese of Pelplin;

            seminarian

            born: 21 September 1916 in  Toruń (Poland)

            died: 11 February 1945 at KZ Mauthausen-Gusen, Perg (Austria)

71.      JÓZEF FLORKO

            priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

            born: 08 May 1915 in Vinniki (a.k.a. Winniki), Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: February-March 1945 at KZ Bergen-Belsen, Celle (Germany)

72.      PAWEŁ KRAWCEWICZ

            professed religious, Pallotines

            born: 20 August 1907 in Bochum, Arnsberg (Germany)

            died: 11 March 1945 at KZ Ohrdruf, Gotha (Germany)

competent forum: Pelplin and others

CCS protocol number: 1987

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 August 1994 (*); 10 November 1994 (**); 18 February 2003

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 September 2003

closing of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 May 2013

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Dariusz Drążek

petitioner: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski, Skwer kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego 6, 01-015 Warszawa, POLAND

information: dioceses

                  [Kielce] Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Jana Pawła II, 3, 25-013 Kielce, POLAND

                  [Łódź] Kuria Arcybiskupia, ul. Ks. Ignacego Skorupi, 1, 90-458, Łódź, POLAND

                  [Pelplin] Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Biskupa Dominika 11, 83-130 Pelplin, POLAND

                  [Przemyśl] Kuria Metropolitana, Pl. Katedralny 4/A, 37-700 Przemyśl, POLAND

                  [Sandomierz] Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Katedralna, 1, 27-600 Sandomierz, POLAND

                  [Zamość-Lubaczów] Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Hetmana Jana Zamoyskiego 1,

                                22-400 Zamość, POLAND

                        religious institutes and societies of apostolic life

                  [Albertines] Albertyni, ul. Krakowska 43, 31-066 Kraków, POLAND

                  [Camaldolese] Kameduli, Aleja Konarowa 1/16, 30-248 Kraków-Bielany, POLAND

                  [Discalced Carmelites] Karmelici Bosi, ul. Z. Gloger 5, 31-222 Kraków, POLAND

                  [Franciscans] Zakon Braci Mniejszych,  ul. Panewnicka 76,

                                40-760 Katowice-Panewniki, POLAND

                  [Little Servants of the Immaculate Conception] Siostry Służebniczki,  

                                36-201 Stara Wieś, 460, k. Brzozowa, POLAND

                   [Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart] Siostry Honoratki, ul. Klasztorna 19,

                                42-200 Częstochowa, POLAND

                   [Missionaries of the Holy Family] Misjonarze św. Rodziny, ul. Małoszyńska 27,

                                60-176 Poznań, POLAND

                   [Oratorians] Filipini, Głogówko - Święta Góra, 63-800 Gostyń Poznański, POLAND

                   [Pallotines] Pallotyni, ul. Skaryszewska, 12, skr. poczt. 255,

                                03-802 Warszawa, POLAND

                   [Society of the Divine Word] Werbiści, ul. Kolonia 19, 14-520 Pienięzno, POLAND

                   [Vincentians] Misjonarze św. Wincentego a Paulo, ul. Stradomska 4,

                                31-058 Kraków, POLAND

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