Blessed Jan Oprzadek – Feast Day – May 18

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Blessed Jan Oprzadek was a Franciscan Priest born on 1297 in March 4 1884 in Koscielec, Krakow, Poland and died on May 18 1942 in the gas chambers of Hartheim, Austria. We celebrate his feast day on May 18 every year in the Catholic Church.

The Memorial of Bl. Jan Oprzadek – Feast Day

Blessed Jan Oprzadek Biography

Date of Birth March 4 1884
Country of Birth Koscielec, Krakow, Poland
Profession Priest
Place of Work Poland
Date of Death May 18 1942
Place of Death Hartheim, Austria
Feast Day May 18
Beatification Beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 13 1999

Blessed’s Biography

In 1912, Blessed Jan Oprzadek joined the Franciscan Friars Minor in the Province of Saint Mary of the Angels. After the war, he returned to the monastery and made his solemn profession on October 4, 1924. Later, Oprzadek became a priest and did charitable work.

He was arrested on August 26, 1940 along with several other brothers during the Nazi persecution. Oprzadek was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, then to Hartheim, where he was executed on 18 May 1942 in Austria.

Blessed Jan Oprzadek
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