Franciszek Rogaczewski

Franciszek Rogaczewski was a Polish Catholic priest who was arrested by the Nazis and killed at Stutthof concentration camp. He is considered a martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II onJune 1999.

Franciszek Rogaczewski was born onDecember 1892 in Lipinki, KujawskoPomorskie, Poland. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained in Gdask in 1918. As pastor of Christ the King parish, he was a highly renowned and much soughtafter confessor. Rogaczewski was arrested onSeptember 1939 by the Nazis for the crime being a priest. He was tortured for months before being shot to death onJanuary 1940 while imprisoned at Stutthof concentration camp .

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