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St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland

XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

METLER

forename(s)

Bonaventure (pl. Bonawentura)

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function

diocesan priest

creed

Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.09.21]

diocese / province

Częstochowa diocesemore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

Włocławek i.e. Kalisz diocesemore on
pl.wikipedia.org
[access: 2019.10.13]

honorary titles

honorary canonmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.11.14]
(Kalisz collegiate)

date and place
of death

02.09.1939

Jaworznotoday: Rudniki gm., Olesno pov., Opole voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]

details of death

Two days after German invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the World War II Germans peeled off his robe and pulled him out of the rectory.

They desecrated the Holy Eucharist and dragged him on a line behind a horse–drawn cart towards a cemetery in a village Jaworzno, c. 7 km from his parish.

There together with his vicar, Joseph Danecki, and organist was murdered.

cause of death

mass murder

perpetrators

Germans

sites and events

Ribbentrop‐MolotovClick to display the description, Pius XI's encyclicalsClick to display the description

date and place
of birth

07.07.1866

Ciążeńtoday: Lądek gm., Słupca pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.12.18]

presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

08.11.1888 (Goriziatoday: Gorizia prov., Friuli Venezia Giulia reg., Italy
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2024.03.19]
)

positions held

1934 – 1939

parish priest — Parzymiechytoday: Lipie gm., Kłobuck pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
⋄ St Peter and St Paul the Apostles RC parish ⋄ Kłobuckotoday: Kłobuck, Kłobuck gm., Kłobuck pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
RC deanery

director — Częstochowatoday: Częstochowa city pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
⋄ Observatory — also: founder

1932 – 1934

parish priest — Maluszyntoday: Żytno gm., Radomsko pov., Łódź voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
⋄ St Nicholas the Bishop and Confessor RC parish ⋄ Gidletoday: Gidle gm., Radomsko pov., Łódź voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
RC deanery

1925 – 1932

parish priest — Kruszynatoday: Kruszyna gm., Częstochowa pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.01]
⋄ St Matthias the Apostle and St Joseph RC parish ⋄ Radomsko / Mstówdeanery names/seats
today: Poland
RC deanery

1919 – 1925

administrator — Kruszynatoday: Kruszyna gm., Częstochowa pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.01]
⋄ St Matthias the Apostle and St Joseph RC parish ⋄ Brzeźnica / Gidle / Radomskodeanery names/seats
today: Łódź voiv., Poland
RC deanery

1918 – 1919

administrator — Garnektoday: Kłomnice gm., Częstochowa pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.01.28]
⋄ Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Gidletoday: Gidle gm., Radomsko pov., Łódź voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
RC deanery

1908 – 1918

resident — Częstochowatoday: Częstochowa city pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
⋄ St Sigismund the Martyr RC parish ⋄ Częstochowatoday: Częstochowa city pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery — also: prefect of elementary schools

1909 – 1918

vicar — Pyzdrytoday: Pyzdry gm., Września pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.27]
⋄ Beheading of St John the Baptist RC church ⋄ Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Słupcatoday: Słupca gm., Słupca pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery

1908 – 1909

vicar — Lądalso: Ląd on Warta
today: Lądek gm., Słupca pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland

more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
⋄ Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas the Bishop and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Słupcatoday: Słupca gm., Słupca pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery

c. 1902 – c. 1903

priest — Sydneytoday: New South Wales, Australia
more on
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[access: 2020.12.11]

student — Rometoday: Rome prov., Lazio reg., Italy
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
⋄ natural sciences, University

student — Innsbrucktoday: Innsbruck‐Land dist., Upper Austria state, Austria
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2024.03.19]
⋄ natural sciences, Leopold and Francis University

student — Oxfordtoday: Oxfordshire Cou., England, United Kingdom
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.07.06]
⋄ natural sciences, University

student — Paristoday: Paris dep., Île‐de‐France reg., France
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.13]
⋄ natural sciences, University of Paris i.e. Sorbonne

c. 1894 – 1908

chaplain — Juvisy‐sur‐Orgetoday: Essonne dep., Île‐de‐France reg., France
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.19]
Fr. „Maison des Vétérans polonaisi.e. Eng. „Polish uprising veterans' house”, Daughters of Charity FdlC

1891 – 1894

vicar — Osiek Wielkitoday: Osiek Mały gm., Koło pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.19]
⋄ St Bartholomew the Apostle RC parish ⋄ Kołotoday: Koło urban gm., Koło pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery

1889 – 1891

vicar — Mąkolnotoday: Sompolno gm., Konin pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
⋄ St Andrew the Apostle RC parish ⋄ Kołotoday: Koło urban gm., Koło pov., Greater Poland voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery

1888 – 1889

vicar — Krzepicetoday: Krzepice gm., Kłobuck pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.11]
⋄ St James the Apostle RC parish ⋄ Częstochowatoday: Częstochowa city pov., Silesia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
RC deanery

1887 – 1888

student — Sankt Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg city, Russia
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.07.31]
⋄ philosophy and theology, Imperial Roman Catholic Spiritual Academy (1842‐1918)

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Ribbentrop‐Molotov: Genocidal Russian‐German alliance pact between Russian leader Joseph Stalin and German leader Adolf Hitler signed on 23.08.1939 in Moscow by respective foreign ministers, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov for Russia and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany. The pact sanctioned and was the direct cause of joint Russian and German invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. In a political sense, the pact was an attempt to restore the status quo ante before 1914, with one exception, namely the „commercial” exchange of the so‐called „Kingdom of Poland”, which in 1914 was part of the Russian Empire, fore Eastern Galicia (today's western Ukraine), in 1914 belonging to the Austro‐Hungarian Empire. Galicia, including Lviv, was to be taken over by the Russians, the „Kingdom of Poland” — under the name of the General Governorate — Germany. The resultant „war was one of the greatest calamities and dramas of humanity in history, for two atheistic and anti‐Christian ideologies — national and international socialism — rejected God and His fifth Decalogue commandment: Thou shall not kill!” (Abp Stanislav Gądecki, 01.09.2019). The decisions taken — backed up by the betrayal of the formal allies of Poland, France and Germany, which on 12.09.1939, at a joint conference in Abbeville, decided not to provide aid to attacked Poland and not to take military action against Germany (a clear breach of treaty obligations with Poland) — were on 28.09.1939 slightly altered and made more precise when a treaty on „German‐Russian boundaries and friendship” was agreed by the same murderous signatories. One of its findings was establishment of spheres of influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in consequence IV partition of Poland. In one of its secret annexes agreed, that: „the Signatories will not tolerate on its respective territories any Polish propaganda that affects the territory of the other Side. On their respective territories they will suppress all such propaganda and inform each other of the measures taken to accomplish it”. The agreements resulted in a series of meeting between two genocidal organization representing both sides — German Gestapo and Russian NKVD when coordination of efforts to exterminate Polish intelligentsia and Polish leading classes (in Germany called «Intelligenzaktion», in Russia took the form of Katyń massacres) where discussed. Resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands of Polish intelligentsia, including thousands of priests presented here, and tens of millions of ordinary people,. The results of this Russian‐German pact lasted till 1989 and are still in evidence even today. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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)

Pius XI's encyclicals: Facing the creation of two totalitarian systems in Europe, which seemed to compete with each other, though there were more similarities than contradictions between them, Pope Pius XI issued in 03.1937 (within 5 days) two encyclicals. In the „Mit brennender Sorge” (Eng. „With Burning Concern”) published on 14.03.1938, condemned the national socialism prevailing in Germany. The Pope wrote: „Whoever, following the old Germanic‐pre‐Christian beliefs, puts various impersonal fate in the place of a personal God, denies the wisdom of God and Providence […], whoever exalts earthly values: race or nation, or state, or state system, representatives of state power or other fundamental values of human society, […] and makes them the highest standard of all values, including religious ones, and idolizes them, this one […] is far from true faith in God and from a worldview corresponding to such faith”. On 19.03.1937, published „Divini Redemptoris” (Eng. „Divine Redeemer”), in which criticized Russian communism, dialectical materialism and the class struggle theory. The Pope wrote: „Communism deprives man of freedom, and therefore the spiritual basis of all life norms. It deprives the human person of all his dignity and any moral support with which he could resist the onslaught of blind passions […] This is the new gospel that Bolshevik and godless communism preaches as a message of salvation and redemption of humanity”… Pius XI demanded that the established human law be subjected to the natural law of God , recommended the implementation of the ideal of a Christian state and society, and called on Catholics to resist. Two years later, National Socialist Germany and Communist Russia came together and started World War II. (more on: www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
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[access: 2023.05.28]
)

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[access: 2013.05.19]
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[access: 2013.05.19]

bibliographical:
Schematismus Universi Venerabilis Cleri Saecularis et Regularis Dioecesis CzęstochoviensisClick to display source page”, Częstochowa diocesa Curia, 1926‐1939, diocesan printing house
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, archiwum.allegro.plClick to attempt to display webpage
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, atlaswsi.plClick to attempt to display webpage
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, atlaswsi.plClick to attempt to display webpage
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, www.urania.edu.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2016.03.14]

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