Fidelis Chojnacki
Polish Capuchin friar, priest, and martyr (1906–1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Dachau near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Fidelis Chojnacki, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, during the occupation of Poland by a godless regime, was deported for his faith in Christ to this prison camp and attained eternal glory under torture.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 July as a Capuchin deported to Dachau for his faith who died under torture.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 9 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2367131 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Fidelis Chojnacki (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.