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Venerable Ignacy Posadzy SChr | |||||||||||||||
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| Superior General of the Society of Christ | |||||||||||||||
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| Installed | 22 August 1932 | ||||||||||||||
| Term ended | 5 July 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Post established | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Florian Berlik | ||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | 19 February 1921 by Wilhelm Kloske | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 17, 1898 Szadłowice, German Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 17, 1984 (aged 85) Puszczykowo, Polish People's Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||||||||
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||
| Title as Saint | Venerable | ||||||||||||||
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Ignacy Posadzy, SChr (February 17, 1898 – January 17, 1984) was a Polish Catholic priest who ministered to Polish migrants from the interwar period, through World War II and during the rule of Communist Poland. At the direction of Cardinal August Hlond, he co-founded an order dedicated to serving Polish migrants, the Society of Christ.[1]
He served as superior general of the Society from 1932 to 1968.[2] In 1958, he founded an order of religious sisters, dedicated to serving Polish migrants, the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King.[3][4] During World War II, he was appointed spiritual leader of Polish slave laborers in Nazi Germany with the permission of Pope Pius XII, Adam Sapieha, the archbishop of Kraków and the leader of the Catholic Church in occupied Poland and the Home Army.[5]
Posadzy's cause for sainthood was opened in 2001 and was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2022.
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