Saint Jósef Bilczewski
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- Also known as
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Giuseppe Bilczewski
Joseph Bilczewski
Jozef Bilczewski
- Memorial
- 20 March
- Profile
- Eldest of nine children in a peasant family.
Seminarian at Krakow, Poland.
Ordained on 6 July 1884.
Doctor of theology at the University of Vienna in 1886.
Studied dogmatic theology and Christian archaeology in Rome and Paris.
Professor of theology at the University of Lviv in 1891.
Archbishop of Leopoli on 17 December 1900.
Often intervened with civil authorities on behalf of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews.
Guided his flock during World War I (1914-1918), the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919), the Bolshevik invasion (1919-1920), and the anti-Catholic terror started by the Communists; from 1918-1921 his archdiocese lost about 120 priests.
Fought to protect everyone in his see, regardless of race or religion.
- Born
- 26 April 1860 at Wilamowice, Austria (modern Ukraine)
- Died
- 20 March 1923 at Lviv, Ukraine of natural causes
- Beatified
- 26 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy
- Additional Information
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Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
L'Osservatore Romano [italiano]
L'Osservatore Romano [polish]
Homily at Mass of Beatification of Blessed Josef, by Pope John Paul II
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