Josaphat Chichkov
Bulgarian priest
Feast: 13 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Josaphat (Robert Matej) Šiškov, born in 1884, was an Augustinian of the Assumption in Bulgaria. He is honoured with his fellow priests Kamen Vitchev and Pavel Dzjidzjov.
Unjustly accused of treason under an atheist regime and imprisoned because they were Christians, the three were put to death in 1952.
The miracles
As martyrs they were beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Priests who kept faith with Christ in communist prisons and died for it.
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.
Connected on this site
- Kamen Vitchev Blessed“He is honoured with his fellow priests Kamen Vitchev and Pavel Dzjidzjov.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Martiri Assunzionisti di Bulgaria
- Wikidata Q6279177 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josaphat Chichkov (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.