Józef Sebastian Pelczar
19th and 20th-century Polish Catholic priest and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Józef Sebastian Pelczar (17 January 1842 – 28 March 1924) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna. He also served in several episcopal posts and served as the Bishop of Przemyśl.[1]
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Bishop of Przemyśl | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Przemyśl |
See | Przemyśl |
Appointed | 17 December 1900 |
Installed | 1901 |
Term ended | 28 March 1924 |
Predecessor | Łukasz Solecki |
Successor | Anatol Wincenty Nowak |
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Ordination | 17 July 1864 |
Consecration | 19 March 1899 by Łukasz Solecki |
Rank | Bishop |
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Born | Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842-01-17)17 January 1842 |
Died | 28 March 1924(1924-03-28) (aged 82) Przemyśl, Podkarpackie, Second Polish Republic |
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Feast day | 19 January (his baptismal day) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 2 June 1991 Rzeszów, Poland by Pope John Paul II |
Canonized | 18 May 2003 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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Pope John Paul II - on his fourth visit to Poland - beatified Pelczar in 1991 and presided over the canonization in 2003.[2]