Jerzy Kaszyra
Polish Roman Catholic priest (1904-1943)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Rosica in Poland, Blessed Jerzy Kaszyra, priest of the Congregation of Marian Clerics and martyr, who, while the war raged, was set on fire by the persecutors of the faith and died for Christ the Lord.
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 18 February as a Marian priest and martyr burned by persecutors of the faith at Rosica during the war.
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, 18 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2986690 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jury Kashyra (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.