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Josaphat Chichkov
Bulgarian priest
BlessedResearchedBulgaria
Feast: 13 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1884
verified
Died
1952
verified
Beatified
26 May 2002
by John Paul II, at Plovdiv
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
Josaphat (Robert Matej) Šiškov, born in 1884, was an Augustinian of the Assumption in Bulgaria. He is honoured with his fellow priests Kamen Vitchev and Pavel Dzjidzjov.
Unjustly accused of treason under an atheist regime and imprisoned because they were Christians, the three were put to death in 1952.
The miracles
As martyrs they were beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Priests who kept faith with Christ in communist prisons and died for it.
Connected on this site
- Kamen Vitchev Blessed“He is honoured with his fellow priests Kamen Vitchev and Pavel Dzjidzjov.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Martiri Assunzionisti di Bulgaria
- Wikidata Q6279177 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josaphat Chichkov (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.