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Jan Bula

Czech Roman Catholic priest (1920–1952)

BlessedCzechoslovakia

Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1920

Died

1952

Beatified

6 June 2026

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Canonised

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Who they were

Jan Bula (24 June 1920, Lukov – 20 May 1952, Jihlava) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest and administrator of the Rokytnice nad Rokytnou parish. He was one of the victims of the judicial murders committed by the communist regime as part of the Babice case. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed martyr and will commemorate him together with Václav Drbola every year on June 17.

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Connected on this site

Václav Drbola Blessed
“The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed martyr and will commemorate him together with Václav Drbola every year on June 17.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q1681666 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Jan Bula (CC BY-SA)

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