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Also known as

• prisoner P22099

Memorial

• 19 February
• 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Profile

Born to a poor farm family, and never made it past elementary school. Served in the army. Joined the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1927, making his first profession on 8 September 1928 and his solemn vows on 10 March 1938 in Poznan, Poland. Served in the office of the archbishop of Poznan. Sacristan of the church of Saint Elizabeth in Lwów, Poland (modern Lviv, Ukraine). Arrested by the Gestapo, he was deported and imprisoned at the concentration camps of Mauthausen, then Gusen and finally Dachau. He contracted a fatal case of typhus when he volunteered to care for other prisoners who were suffering from the disease. Martyr.

Born

• 5 March 1904 in Jerka, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

• 19 February 1945 at the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany of typhus and abuse

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Józef Zaplata“. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 March 2017. Web. 23 April 2024. <>