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
GREGORCZYK
surname
versions/aliases
GRZEGORCZYK
forename(s)
Marcel (pl. Marceli)
function
diocesan priest
creed
Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
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[access: 2014.09.21]
diocese / province
Płock diocesemore on
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[access: 2013.05.19]
date and place
of death
23.08.1920
Rzekuńtoday: Rzekuń gm., Ostrołęka pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.06]
alt. dates and places
of death
22.08.1920
details of death
On 02‐06.08.1920, during the Polish–Russian war of 1919–21 and the Russian invasion of Poland in 1920, a several–day battle for the Ostrołęka took place near city.
The Poles lost it and on 06.08.1920, Ostrołęka and its vicinity were taken over by the Russians.
On 08.08.1920 in Rzekuń, the so‐called „rural revolutionary military–revolutionary committee”, known as „revkom”, whose task was to „introduce the Soviet order” and create the impression of the spontaneous nature of „revolutionary movement in Polish lands”.
The Bolsheviks immediately robbed — stealing furniture, book collections, etc. — and destroyed all the mansions in the area.
In Rzekuń they desecrated an old wooden church and desecrated a burial cemetery.
On c. 15.08.1920, the great battle of Warsaw, known as the „Miracle on the Vistula”, took place, and the Poles defeated the Russian invaders and forced them to flee.
On 19.08.1920 in Rzekuń — still in Russian hands — as a result of Russian robberies, the parish priest, Fr Stanislav Żebrowski, passed away.
A few days later, on the day the Russians fleed nearby Ostrołęka (c. 5 km from Rzekuń), the parish vicar — Fr Gregorczyk — refused to participate prob. in digging shooting pits (according to other sources, in „raking the hay”), or other physical work for the invaders and was murdered by the Russians.
cause of death
murder
perpetrators
Russians
sites and events
Polish‐Russian war of 1919‐1921Click to display the description
date and place
of birth
06.10.1888
presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
1914
positions held
1914 – 1920
vicar — Rzekuńtoday: Rzekuń gm., Ostrołęka pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.06] ⋄ Sacred Heart of Jesus RC parish ⋄ Ostrołękatoday: Ostrołęka city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.06] RC deanery — also: prefect of the railway school at the station in Ostrołęka
till 1914
student — Płocktoday: Płock city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.12.18] ⋄ philosophy and theology, Theological Seminary
others related
in death
BABARSKIClick to display biography Simon, BIRNIKClick to display biography Paul, BORYSOWICZClick to display biography Emeric Casimir, BUKLAREWICZClick to display biography Michael, DYAKOWSKIClick to display biography Napoleon, HAJDUKClick to display biography Alexander, JARZYNAClick to display biography Vladislav (Fr Anatol of St Joseph), JUSTVANClick to display biography Ferdinand Timothy (Fr Blase), KLAMMClick to display biography Vladislav, KNIUKSZTAClick to display biography John, KNOBELSDORFClick to display biography Richard, KOŁOMYJSKIClick to display biography Francis, KOWALSKIClick to display biography Adolph, KROCZEKClick to display biography William, KRYGIELSKIClick to display biography Felix, LISIECKIClick to display biography Boleslav, LUCACIUClick to display biography Anthony (Fr Innocent Mary), ŁOTAREWICZClick to display biography Vincent, MAŁACZYŃSKIClick to display biography Adam, MAZURClick to display biography Casimir, OSTROWSKIClick to display biography John, PĘDZICHClick to display biography Stanislav, RADZIUKClick to display biography Anthony, ROZUMKIEWICZClick to display biography Stanislav (Fr Cyprian), SKORUPKAClick to display biography Ignatius John, SUCHAROWSKIClick to display biography Justin, SZULBORSKIClick to display biography Stanislav, WEBERClick to display biography John, ZAWISZAClick to display biography Joseph, ZDANOWICZClick to display biography James, ŻEBROWSKIClick to display biography Stanislav
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
[access: 2014.12.20])
sources
personal:
biographies.library.nd.eduClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
bibliographical:
„Fate of the Catholic clergy in USSR 1917‐1939. Martyrology”, Roman Dzwonkowski, SAC, ed. Science Society KUL, 2003, Lublin
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[access: 2019.02.02]
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