Jan Pietraszko
Polish Roman Catholic bishop / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jan Pietraszko (7 August 1911 - 2 March 1988) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as one of the auxiliaries for the Kraków archdiocese and Titular Bishop of Turrisblanda from 1962 until his death.[1][2][3][4] Pietraszko was a noted spiritual director and chaplain as well as a popular confessor but was best known for his sermons and for his homiletic writings.[2] He did his ecclesial studies just before World War II broke out and was a brief hostage of the Gestapo after the Nazi forces invaded Poland in 1939. He later came under the watch of the communist secret service following the conflict for his attempt to see new churches constructed and church art and architecture preserved.[2][3][4][5]
Jan Pietraszko | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Kraków |
See | Kraków |
Appointed | 23 November 1962 |
Term ended | 2 March 1988 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Turrisblanda (1962-88) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 5 April 1936 by Adam Stefan Sapieha |
Consecration | 15 April 1963 by Stefan Wyszyński |
Personal details | |
Born | Jan Pietraszko (1911-08-07)7 August 1911 |
Died | 2 March 1988(1988-03-02) (aged 76) Kraków, Poland |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Motto | Ex hominibus pro hominibus |
Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Venerable |
Attributes | Episcopal attire |
The process for his beatification opened in 1994 and he became titled as a Servant of God. The cause culminated on 21 December 2018 after Pope Francis confirmed his heroic virtue which enabled for Pietraszko to be titled as Venerable.[1]