Józef Bilczewski Saint

St. Jozef Bilczewski (ukr. Йосип Більчевський, Yosyp Bilchevsky)(1860–1923) was a Polish Catholic archbishop of the city of Lviv, a professor of theology at the Lviv University and a rector of that school. Since 2005 he has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.

Personal facts

Józef Bilczewski
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1860
Birth place
Wilamowice , Bielsko County
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1923
Place of death
Lviv

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Saint

beatified by
Pope John Paul II
beatified place
Wilamowice
canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
canonized dateOctober 23, 2005
canonized place
Rome
venerated in
Catholic Church

Józef Bilczewski on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.lwow.com.pl/bilczew.html
  2. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/img/20010626_bilczewski.jpg
  3. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20051023_bilczewski_en.html