Marian Żelazek
Polish Divine Word missionary who served people with leprosy at Puri
Who they were
A Divine Word missionary from Palędzie in Poland who spent fifty-eight years in India, known as the father of the lepers of Puri, where he died in 2006.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat was given on 30 May 2018 and the diocesan inquiry opened in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on 25 August 2018; Vatican News reported the close of the supplementary Polish stage of the process.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Polski „ojciec trędowatych” w drodze na ołtarze – Vatican News
- O. Marian Żelazek – człowiek, który kochał życie – DEON.pl
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.