108 Martyrs of World War II


The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs, were Roman Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany.
Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. The group comprises 3 bishops, 79 priests, 7 male religious, 8 female religious, and 11 lay people. There are two parishes named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II in Powiercie in Koło County, and in Malbork, Poland.

List of Martyrs

Bishops

  1. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski,, bishop
  2. Leon Wetmański,, bishop
  3. Władysław Goral,, bishop

    Priests

  4. Adam Bargielski, priest from Myszyniec
  5. Aleksy Sobaszek, priest
  6. Alfons Maria Mazurek, Carmelite friar, prior, priest
  7. Alojzy Liguda, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  8. Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz, Franciscan friar, priest
  9. Anicet Kopliński, Capuchin friar of German descent, priest in Warsaw
  10. Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest, dean of Bielsk Podlaski
  11. Antoni Leszczewicz, Marian Father, priest
  12. Antoni Rewera, priest, dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Sandomierz
  13. Antoni Świadek, priest from Bydgoszcz
  14. Antoni Zawistowski, priest
  15. Bolesław Strzelecki, priest
  16. Bronisław Komorowski, priest
  17. Dominik Jędrzejewski, priest
  18. Edward Detkens, priest
  19. Edward Grzymała, priest
  20. Emil Szramek, priest
  21. Fidelis Chojnacki, Capuchin friar, priest
  22. Florian Stępniak, Capuchin friar, priest
  23. Franciszek Dachtera, priest
  24. Franciszek Drzewiecki, Orionine Father, priest ; from Zduny, he was condemned to heavy work in the plantation of Dachau. While he was bending over tilling the soil, he adored the consecrated hosts kept in a small box in front of him. While he was going to the gas chamber, he encouraged his companions, saying "We offer our life for God, for the Church and for our Country".
  25. Franciszek Rogaczewski, priest from Gdańsk
  26. Franciszek Rosłaniec, priest
  27. Henryk Hlebowicz, priest
  28. Henryk Kaczorowski, priest from Włocławek
  29. Henryk Krzysztofik, religious priest
  30. Hilary Paweł Januszewski, religious priest
  31. Jan Antonin Bajewski, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest ; of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God’s cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
  32. Jan Franciszek Czartoryski, Dominican friar, priest
  33. Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest
  34. Jerzy Kaszyra, Marian Father, priest
  35. Józef Achilles Puchała, Franciscan friar, priest
  36. Józef Cebula, Missionary Oblate, priest
  37. Józef Czempiel, priest
  38. Józef Innocenty Guz, Franciscan friar, priest
  39. Józef Jankowski, Pallotine, priest,
  40. Józef Kowalski, Salesian, priest
  41. Józef Kut, priest
  42. Józef Pawłowski, priest
  43. Józef Stanek, Pallottine, priest
  44. Józef Straszewski, priest
  45. Karol Herman Stępień, Franciscan friar, priest
  46. Kazimierz Gostyński, priest
  47. Kazimierz Grelewski, priest
  48. Kazimierz Sykulski, priest
  49. Krystyn Gondek, Franciscan friar, priest
  50. Leon Nowakowski, priest
  51. Ludwik Mzyk, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  52. Ludwik Pius Bartosik, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest ; of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God’s cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
  53. Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, priest from Częstochowa
  54. Maksymilian Binkiewicz, priest
  55. Marian Gorecki, priest
  56. Marian Konopiński, Capuchin friar, priest
  57. Marian Skrzypczak, priest
  58. Michał Oziębłowski, priest
  59. Michał Piaszczyński, priest
  60. Michał Woźniak, priest
  61. Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz, priest
  62. Narcyz Putz, priest
  63. Narcyz Turchan, priest
  64. Piotr Edward Dankowski, priest
  65. Roman Archutowski, priest
  66. Roman Sitko, priest
  67. Stanisław Kubista, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  68. Stanisław Kubski, priest
  69. Stanisław Mysakowski, priest
  70. Stanisław Pyrtek, priest
  71. Stefan Grelewski, priest
  72. Wincenty Matuszewski, priest
  73. Władysław Błądziński, Michaelite, priest
  74. Władysław Demski, priest
  75. Władysław Maćkowiak, priest
  76. Władysław Mączkowski, priest
  77. Władysław Miegoń, priest, commandor lieutenant
  78. Włodzimierz Laskowski, priest
  79. Wojciech Nierychlewski, religious, priest
  80. Zygmunt Pisarski, priest
  81. Zygmunt Sajna, priest

    Religious brothers

  82. Brunon Zembol, friar
  83. Grzegorz Bolesław Frąckowiak, friar
  84. Józef Zapłata, friar
  85. Marcin Oprządek, friar
  86. Piotr Bonifacy Żukowski, friar
  87. Stanisław Tymoteusz Trojanowski, friar
  88. Symforian Ducki, friar

    Nuns and religious sisters

  89. Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska, sister
  90. Ewa Noiszewska, sister
  91. Julia Rodzińska, Dominican sister ; she died having contracted typhoid serving the Jewish women prisoners in a hut for which she had volunteered.
  92. Katarzyna Celestyna Faron ;, had offered her life for the conversion of an Old Catholic bishop Władysław Faron.
  93. Maria Antonina Kratochwil, SSND nun died as a result of the torture she endured while imprisoned in Stanisławów.
  94. Maria Klemensa Staszewska,
  95. Marta Wołowska,
  96. Mieczysława Kowalska, sister

    Roman Catholic laity

  97. Bronisław Kostkowski, alumnus
  98. Czesław Jóźwiak
  99. Edward Kaźmierski
  100. Edward Klinik
  101. Franciszek Kęsy
  102. Franciszek Stryjas
  103. Jarogniew Wojciechowski
  104. Marianna Biernacka
  105. Natalia Tułasiewicz
  106. Stanisław Starowieyski
  107. Tadeusz Dulny, alumnus