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Henryk Kaczorowski
Polish Catholic priest, blessed of the Catholic Church (1888−1942)
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Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1888
Died
1942
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blesseds Henryk Kaczorowski and Kazimierz Gostyński, priests and martyrs, who, deported during the military occupation of Poland by persecutors of human dignity, lost their lives for faith in Christ in a gas chamber in the prison camp of Dachau.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 May as a Polish priest killed for his faith in a gas chamber at Dachau.
Connected on this site
- Kazimierz Gostyński Blessed“Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blesseds Henryk Kaczorowski and Kazimierz Gostyński, priests and martyrs, who, deported during the military occupation of Poland by persecutors of human dignity, lost their lives for faith in Christ in a gas chamber in the prison camp of Dachau.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q629561 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.