Roman Catholic
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)
personal data
surname
SKORUPKA
forename(s)
Ignatius John (pl. Ignacy Jan)
function
diocesan priest
creed
Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
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diocese / province
Warsaw archdiocesemore on
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[access: 2013.05.19]
Mogilev archdiocesemore on
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[access: 2013.06.23]
RC Military Ordinariate of Polandmore on
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[access: 2014.12.20]
honorary titles
„White Eagle” Ordermore on
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[access: 2019.04.16]
War Order of Virtuti Militari — Silver (5th Class)more on
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[access: 2019.10.13]
„Cross of Independence”more on
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[access: 2019.02.02]
date and place
of death
14.08.1920
Ossówtoday: Wołomin gm., Wołomin pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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details of death
The outbreak of World War I found him in Sankt Petersburg, where was studying.
After ordination, in 1917‐1918, ministered in Klintsy, in the Russian Chernihiv governorate. Among other things, led a clandestine Polish scout troop, becoming the informal leader of a group of 2,000 Polish refugees — belonging to the so‐called bezhentsy, i.e. c. 3 million refugees, mainly Russians, members of the administrative apparatus in partioned Poland, evacuated as the result the Russian defeat in the battle with the Central Powers (Germany and Austria–Hungary) near Gorlice on 05.05.
1915, from the territories of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, occupied by the Russians, to the east, deep into Russia. „In the organizations led by the Priest, the fire of sacrificial love for the distant Homeland burned, and characters were forged” — was written in the application for the Cross of Independence.
In 08.1918, after the separatist armistice signed in Brest on 03.03.1918 by the Central Powers and the Russian Bolsheviks, who in 11.1917 after a coup supported by the Germans took power in Russia, organized their return to Polish territory, for under the armistice the city of Klintsy was to become part of the Ukrainian state. Himself, already threatened with arrest by the Russian Bolsheviks, left on 26.09.1918, in the last such transport.
During the Polish–Russian War of 1919‐1921, during the Russian offensive threatening the Polish state, from 07‐08.08.1920 the chaplain of the Polish Army — a volunteer, the so‐called Flying chaplain — of the Praga garrison in Warsaw and of the 1st Battalion of the 236th Infantry Regiment of the Volunteer Army — an army organized, in the face of the Russian threat, from 22.07.1920. His battalion was formed in the building of the Vladislav IV school in Warsaw's Praga district and consisted mainly of secondary school and academic youth.
When the Russian army approached Warsaw, on 13.08.1920 his volunteer regiment was incorporated into the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment (later called the 36th Academic Legion Infantry Regiment), fighting in the ranks of the 8th Infantry Division.
Perished while administering the last rites to a wounded soldier, from a shot to the head, during one of the first battles of the so‐called The Battle of Warsaw (known as the „Miracle on the Vistula”), which decided the defeat of the Russians and the triumph of the Polish army in the war.
The communiqué of the General Staff of the Polish Army of 16.08.1920 stated: „in his priestly stole and with a cross in his hand led the attacking units”. In the outline history of the 36th Regiment the attack near Ossów, where died, is described as follows: „The young, inexperienced soldier suffers enormous losses, but following the example of his commanders and Father Ignatius Skorupka, who arrived with this battalion and with a cross in his hand encourages to fight — pushes forward”.
Posthumously promoted to the rank of major.
cause of death
warfare
perpetrators
Russians
sites and events
Polish‐Russian war of 1919‐1921Click to display the description
date and place
of birth
31.07.1893
Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
26.01.1916 (Sankt Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg city, Russia
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positions held
1919 – 1920
chaplain — Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09] ⋄ „Bonfire of the Family of Mary” orphanage, Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary CSFFM
1919 – 1920
prefect — Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09] — i.a. at the railway school, the so‐called „Kolejówka” at 88 Chmielna Str. (evacuated by the Russians in 1915 to Moscow, and after Poland regained independence, operating as the State Secondary Technical Railway School) and at the school and evening commercial courses of Thomas Łebkowski
1919 – 1920
notary i archivist — Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09] ⋄ Metropolitan Curia ⋄ Warsaw RC archdiocese — also: editor of the „Warsaw Archdiocesan News”
07.1919 – 08.1919
administrator — Ojrzanów–Żelechówparish name
today: Żabia Wola gm., Grodzisk Mazowiecki pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2024.12.13] ⋄ Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish (with seat in Żelechów) ⋄ Grodzisk Mazowieckitoday: Grodzisk Mazowiecki gm., Grodzisk Mazowiecki pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.04.01] RC deanery — acting („ad interim”)
1918 – 1919
vicar — Łódźtoday: Łódź city pov., Łódź voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.07.18] ⋄ Transfiguration of the Lord RC parish ⋄ Łódźtoday: Łódź city pov., Łódź voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.07.18] RC deanery — also: prefect and president of the Supervisory Board of the Private Boys' Secondary School of the „Oświata” (Eng. „Education”) Society and the Romana Konopczyńska–Sobolewska Secondary School for Girls
1917 – 1918
priest — Klintsytoday: Klintsy city reg., Bryansk oblast, Russia
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[access: 2022.08.05] ⋄ Gomeltoday: Gomel dist., Gomel reg., Belarus
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[access: 2021.09.17] RC deanery — among Poles, victims of the panic escape of Russians in 1915 from Poland into Russian hinterland, the so‐called bezhenstvo; activist of the Polish Committee for Aid to War Victims; organizer of Polish schools and teacher of religion, Polish, Latin and Greek; organizer of a welfare and cultural–educational society; president of the Polish Youth Union; founder and commander of the scout troop
1917
priest — Bogorodsktoday: Bogorodsk reg., Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia
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[access: 2022.06.29] ⋄ Nizhny Novgorodform.: Gorki (1932‐1990)
today: Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia
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[access: 2024.03.19], Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Moscowtoday: Moscow city, Russia
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[access: 2020.07.31] RC deanery — among Poles, victims of the panic escape of Russians in 1915 from Poland into Russian hinterland, the so‐called bezhenstvo
1914 – 1916
student — Sankt Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg city, Russia
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[access: 2020.07.31] ⋄ philosophy and theology, Imperial Roman Catholic Spiritual Academy (1842‐1918) — postgraduate specialised studies
1909 – 1914
student — Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09] ⋄ philosophy and theology, Metropolitan Theological Seminary
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sites and events
descriptions
Polish‐Russian war of 1919‐1921: War for independence of Poland and its borders. Poland regained independence in 1918 but had to fight for its borders with former imperial powers, in particular Russia. Russia planned to incite Bolshevik‐like revolutions in the Western Europe and thus invaded Poland. Russian invaders were defeated in 08.1920 in a battle called Warsaw battle („Vistula river miracle”, one of the 10 most important battles in history, according to some historians). Thanks to this victory Poland recaptured part of the lands lost during partitions of Poland in XVIII century, and Europe was saved from the genocidal Communism. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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hej-kto-polak.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20], www.twoja-praga.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], www.pilsudski.org.ukClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], blogmedia24.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], www.youtube.comClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2021.12.19], www.polishclub.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], cud1920.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], prawda-nieujawniona.blog.onet.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15], kresowiacy.comClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20], www.polskaniezwykla.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20], www.panoramio.comClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2018.02.15]
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