Józef Stanek
Polish priest and catholic priest (1916–1944)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Warsaw, also in Poland, Blessed Józef Stanek, priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate and martyr, who, during the war, completed his martyrdom, hanged by the persecutors of the faith.
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 23 September as a Pallottine priest hanged at Warsaw during the war by persecutors of the faith.
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, 23 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1340524 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.