Helena Kmieć
Polish missionary (1991–2017)
Who they were
Helena Agnieszka Kmieć (9 February 1991 – 24 January 2017) was a Polish Catholic missionary who was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit. In May 2024, her sainthood cause was opened and she was named a Servant of God.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Helena Kmieć is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Helena Kmieć: the official site.
- santiebeati.it - Serva di Dio Helena Agnieszka Kmiec — Krakow 9 February 1991 - Cochabamba, Bolivia, 24 January 2017; lay missionary, Servant of God.
- Wikidata Q32333997 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Helena Kmieć (CC BY-SA)
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