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1911–1942 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Józef Kowalski (13 March 1911 – 4 July 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest from the Salesian Society murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He was beatified in Warsaw on 13 June 1999.

1910–1940 · Contemporary

Józef Kurzawa (1910–1940) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by firing squad. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

1890–1942 · Contemporary

Józef Pawłowski (born 29 August 1990) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than ten films since 2011. Józef is the grandson of Jerzy Pawlowski and actress Teresa Szmigielówny. His older brother, Stefan, is also an actor.

1842–1924 · Contemporary

Józef Sebastian Pelczar (17 January 1842 – 28 March 1924) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna.

1916–1944 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Józef Stanek, S.A.C., born on December 6, 1916, in Łapsze Niżne, Lesser Poland, and died on September 23, 1944, in Warsaw, was a Polish Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, beatified as a martyr by John Paul II on June 13, 1999.

1885–1942 · Contemporary

Józef Straszewski (born January 18, 1885, in Włocławek, died August 12, 1942, in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was the first pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Włocławek (starting March 15, 1922) and the builder of its church.

1900–1944 · Contemporary

The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewis…

1904–1945 · Contemporary

Józef Zapłata was a Polish Catholic priest born in 1904 in Jerka. He died of typhus in 1945 at the Dachau concentration camp. He is recognized as a blessed saint within the Catholic Church.

1896–1943 · Contemporary

Józefa Chrobot, CSFN, Sister Maria Kanuta of the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (born May 22, 1896, in Raczyn; died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catho…

1892–1975 · Contemporary

József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973.

1876–1934 · Contemporary

Archbishop John (Latvian: Аrhibīskaps Jānis, Russian: Архиепископ Иоанн, secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, Russian: Иван Андреевич Поммер; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) 1934) was the first Latvian Archbishop of the Latvian Orthodox Church, s…

1919–1984 · Contemporary

Greek theologian

1893–1952 · Contemporary · Assumptionists

Peter Vitchev, also known as Kamen Vitchev, was a Bulgarian Eastern Catholic and an Assumptionist priest who was martyred by the Bulgarian communist regime. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 2002.

1884–1950 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Kanut Graf des Enffans d’Avernas, OSB (born March 11, 1884, in Schirmdorf, Slovenia; died November 6, 1950, in Manp’o, North Korea), was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, religious, missionary, and martyr.

1884–1966 · Contemporary

Sebastian, born Stepan Vasilyevich Fomin (October 28, 1884, in Kosmodemyanskoye, Oryol Governorate – April 19, 1966), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

1915–1945 · Contemporary

Karl Leisner (28 February 1915 in Rees – 12 August 1945 in Planegg, Germany) was a German Catholic priest interned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died of tuberculosis shortly after being liberated by the Allied forces.

1911–1954 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Karl Serreqi, OFM (born February 2, 1911, in Shkodër; died April 5, 1954, in Burrel Prison), was a Franciscan priest who, in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime, upheld the seal of the confessional while under torture.

1838–1922 · Contemporary

Karmni Grima (2 February 1838 – 25 May 1922) was a Maltese peasant whose mystical religious experience led to the constructions and services as an apostle of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu. Karmni Grima was born in the village of Għarb in Gozo, the sister island of Malta.

1910–1943 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Hermann Stępień (21 October 1910 – 19 July 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic martyr. Karol Stępień was born into a poor family on 21 October 1910, in Łódź, Poland. Stępień was educated in Łódź. He attended the Franciscan seminary in Lviv, graduating in 1929.

1898–1914 · Contemporary

Karolina Kózka (2 August 1898 – 18 November 1914) was a sixteen-year old Polish victim of a sex attack and murder. Prior to that she was known locally for her strong faith and her eagerness to catechize her neighbours and children.

1858–1955 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans.

1912–1942 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Kazimierz Dembowski (3 August 1912 – 10 August 1942) was a Polish Jesuit involved in the religious publishing industry, who shortly after the German invasion of Poland was arrested by the Gestapo, imprisoned at several places of detention, and lastly deported to the Dachau concen…

1884–1942 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Witold Gostyński (born April 8, 1884, in Warsaw, died May 6, 1942, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, educator, scout leader, founder of the Union of Lublin High School No. 3 and the Jan Hetman Zamoyski High School No.

1907–1942 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Grelewski was a Latin Catholic priest born in 1907 in Dwikozy, Second Polish Republic. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1886–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Lach (born February 27, 1886, in Strzelczyska, died April 5, 1941, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Przemyśl, a victim of German terror during World War II, a Servant of God, and a martyr.

1882–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Sykulski was a Polish Catholic priest, chaplain, and member of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic who was born in Końskie in 1882. He died in 1941 at Auschwitz after being executed by shooting. He is recognized as a blessed.

1904–1941 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Kazimierz Wojciechowski, SDB (16 August 1904 – 27 June 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest, a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was involved in the education of the youth, and after the Nazi invasion of Poland was arrested by the Gestapo, imprisoned at Montelupich, and subs…

1883–1915 · Contemporary

Kegham Parseghian (Գեղամ Բարսեղեան) (1883 – 1915), was an Armenian writer, teacher, editor, and journalist. Kegham Parseghian was born in the Gedik Paşa district of Constantinople.

1863–1915 · Contemporary

Khachatur Malumian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Մալումեան; 1863 – 1915), also known by the pseudonym E. Aknuni (also Aknouni or Agnouni; Armenian: Է․ Ակնունի), was an Armenian journalist and political activist. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Kira Oboleńska was born in 1889 in Hrubieszów to her father, Ivan Obolensky. A teacher by profession, she died in 1937 in Borovichi. She is recognized as a saint.

1878–1915 · Contemporary

Kirakos Azaryan was an ophthalmologist and physician born in 1878 in Ulukent, Ottoman Empire. He died in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide and is recognized as a saint.

1863–1916 · Contemporary

Klara Szczęsna, S.S.C.J. (18 July 1863 – 7 February 1916) was a Polish Catholic religious sister. She was the co-founder of the Sisters, Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which she established with Józef Sebastian Pelczar.

1869–1951 · Contemporary

Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Polish: Klemens Szeptycki, Ukrainian: Климентій Шептицький; 17 November 1869 – 1 May 1951) also known as Klymentiy of Univ (Ukrainian: Климентій Унівський) was the archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Order of Studite Monks and a hieromartyr.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Konstantin, secular name Konstantin Grigoryevich Dyakov (born May 9/21, 1871 or 1875 in the Chernigov Governorate, died November 10, 1937, in Kyiv) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr.

1852–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin Dmitriyevich Golubev (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Го́лубев; 27 March 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a Soviet general and army commander. He was born in Petrovsk, Saratov Governorate (in present-day Saratov Oblast).

1896–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin of Merkushino (Konstantin Stefanovich Bogoyavlensky) (May 18, 1896 – July 14 [27], 1918) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad in Merkushino in 1918 and canonized as a hieromartyr in 2002.

1874–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin Minyatov was a Russian Empire lawyer born in 1874 in Oryol. He died in 1918 in Yekaterinburg from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a saint within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1886–1944 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Kornelija Horvat (Koprivnica, December 22, 1886 – Hvar, January 3, 1944) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Nikolai Konstantinovich Krasovsky (May 7, 1876, Vladimir Governorate — January 31, 1938, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for veneration by the entire church.

1884–1915 · Contemporary

Krikor Torosian (Armenian: Գրիգոր Թորոսյան, 1884 – 1915) was an Armenian satirical writer, journalist, and publisher. He started his own satirical journal entitled Gigo, which became popular among the Armenians in Constantinople.

1861–1915 · Contemporary

Krikor Zohrab (Armenian: Գրիգոր Զոհրապ; 26 June 1861 – 1915) was an Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Constantinople. At the onset of the Armenian genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government and sent to appear before a military court in Diyarbakır.

1885–1941 · Contemporary

Marija Krizina Bojanc FDC (May 14 1885 – December 15, 1941), baptized Jožefa, was a Slovenian Roman Catholic nun, farmer, and martyr. She was a sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Divine Charity, and is one of the five Blessed Martyrs of Drina.

1859–1937 · Contemporary

Kronid, born Konstantin Petrovich Lyubimov (1 May/13 May 1859 in Levkiyevo – 10 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range), was a Russian Orthodox monk, archimandrite, and the last superior of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius before its closure by the Bolshevik authorities.

1909–1943 · Contemporary

Krystyn Gondek was a Polish Catholic priest born in 1909 in Słona. He died in 1943 at the Dachau concentration camp and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1875–1964 · Contemporary

Kuksha of Odessa, born Kuzma Kirillovich Velichko (25 January [O.S. January 12] 1875 in Arbuzynka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire – 24 December 1964 in Odessa, USSR), was an imperial Russian priest and a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) saint who was canonized…

1855–1918 · Contemporary

St. Kyrion II (Georgian: კირიონ II) (November 10, 1855 – 26 June 1918) was a Georgian religious figure and historian who served as the first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia after the restoration of independence (autocephaly) of the Georgian Orthodox Church from the Russian Or…

1878–1942 · Contemporary

Lambert Ehrlich (18 September 1878 – 26 May 1942) was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist. Ehrlich was born in the hamlet of Seifnitz in the Canal Valley (Slovene: Žabnice) in the town of Tarvisio, then part of the Duchy of Carinthia (no…

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Lang Yang (Chinese: 郎楊) (born 1871 in Lu, Hebei, China; died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Lang Yang was born in the village of Lu in Hebei province. She had one son, Paul Lang Fu.

1875–1967 · Contemporary · Sisters Augustines Recollects of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (25 April 1875 - 2 April 1967) was a Venezuelan religious sister who had established the Augustinian Recollect Sisters of the Heart of Jesus as a means of aiding the ill. Upon her profession she assumed the religious name María de San José.

1873–1951 · Contemporary

Laura Meozzi (born January 5, 1873, in Florence, died August 30, 1951, in Pogrzebień) was an Italian nun, the first provincial superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Poland, and a Venerable Servant of God of the Catholic Church.