Blessed Francis Rogaczewski
- Also known as
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Franciszek Rogaczewski
Francesco Rogaczewski
- Memorial
- 11 January
- Profile
- Ordained in Gdansk, Poland in 1918.
Pastor of Christ the King parish; much sought after confessor.
Arrested on 1 September 1939 by Nazi invaders for the crime being a priest.
Imprisoned and tortured for months.
One of the Polish martyrs of World War II.
- Born
- 1892 in Lipinki, Poland
- Died
- shot on 11 January 1940 near Gdansk, Poland
- Beatified
- 1999 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending
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