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Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland

XX century (1914 – 1989)

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religious status

Servant of God

surname

CIKOTO

forename(s)

Andrew (pl. Andrzej)

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function

religious cleric

creed

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

congregation

Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (Marians of the Immaculate Conception - MIC)more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

diocese / province

Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin of the Catholic Byzantine-Slavic (Russian) ritemore on
www.catholic-hierarchy.org
[access: 2022.12.04]

Vilnius archdiocesemore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

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

academic distinctions

Sacred Theology Candidate

nationality

Belarusian

date and place
of death

13.02.1952

OzerLag labour campGULAG slave labour camp network
today: Irkutsk oblast, Russia

more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.04.04]

alt. dates and places
of death

TayshetLag labour campGULAG slave labour camp network
today: Irkutsk oblast, Russia

details of death

For the first time arrested by the Russians in 1920.

Released.

Arrested again on 22.12.1948 in Harbin by the Chinese, together with 4 other priests and civilian lecturers of St Michael lyceum run by Marian Fathers in Harbin.

On 25.12.1948 deported from China and handed over to the Russians, into genocidal MDB (NKVD) organisation's hands.

On 27.12.1948 jailed in a Siberian prison Chita, where till 05.1949 was interrogated many times.

Tortured.

Accused of „founding terrorist organisation in St Michael lyceum, anti–Russian agitation, spying for Vatican”.

On 28.09.1949 sentenced — in absentia in Moscow, by a genocidal „Troika MDB” Russian summary court — to 25 years of slave labour in Russian concentration camps Gulag.

In 11.1949 transported to a group of concentration camps n. Tayshet (AngarLag, TayshetLag, OzierLag).

Held in few camps — lagpoints — in Tayshet, Chukcha (from 19.01.1950), Novochunka (from 04.1951) and back in Tayshet (from 06.1951), among others.

Next in a few camps' „hospitals”: in lagpoint no 0,11 and lagpoint no 0,28 („Ozerstroy hospital”).

In the last one — n. Bratsk on Angara river — suffering from untreated festering ulcers, especially on his legs, soon perished.

alt. details of death

According to some sources perished in Russian concentration camp TayshetLag.

cause of death

extermination: exhaustion and disease

perpetrators

Russians

date and place
of birth

05.12.1891

Plavushkaform.: part of Tupalshchina grange
today: Zhodishki ssov., Smarhon dist., Grodno reg., Belarus

more on
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[access: 2022.01.06]

religious vows

24.09.1921 (temporary)

presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

13.06.1914 (Sankt Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg city, Russia
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.07.31]
)

positions held

1939 – 1948

Apostolic Exarch i.e. Archimandrite {Harbintoday: Heilongjiang prov., China, Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin of the Catholic Byzantine–Slavic (Russian) rite}, appointment: on 20.10.1939

21.07.1933 – 22.07.1939

general superior {Rometoday: Rome prov., Lazio reg., Italy
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.12.18]
, General House at 284 Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC}

1925 – 1933

superior {Druyatoday: Druya ssov., Braslaw dist., Vitebsk reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.29]
, monastery, Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC}, also: master of the novitiate (from 1925), founder and teacher of the Polish King Stephen Batory's Gymnasium

1923 – 1925

friar {parish: Druyatoday: Druya ssov., Braslaw dist., Vitebsk reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.29]
, Holy Trinity; monastery, Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC; dean.: Myorytoday: Myory dist., Vitebsk reg., Belarus}, also: administrator (till c. 1925) and vicar (from 1923) of the local parish

1921 – 1923

retreat {(United States of America territory)today: United States of America
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.08.05]
, Congregation's monasteries and houses, Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC}, missionary among Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian emigrants, collecting funds for the opening of the Congregation's monasteries in Poland

1920 – 24.09.1921

novitiate {Marijampolėtoday: Marijampolė eld., Marijampolė dist., Marijampolė Cou., Lithuania
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.13]
, monastery, Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC}

01.09.1920

accession {Congregation of Marian Fathers MIC}

1919 – 1920

professor {Minsktoday: Minsk city reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.07.31]
, Theological Seminary}, lecturer of fundamental theology; also: seminary treasury officer / procurator

1917 – 1919

administrator {parish: Maladzyechnatoday: Maladzyechna dist., Minsk reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.01.06]
, St Casimir the Prince and Confessor; dean.: Vileykatoday: Vileyka dist., Minsk reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.01.06]
}, also: founder and prefect of a three–grade Polish school

1914 – 1917

student {Sankt Petersburgtoday: Saint Petersburg city, Russia
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.07.31]
, theology, Imperial Roman Catholic Spiritual Academy (1842‑1918)}, specialized studies leading to the degree of candidate of theology

1909 – 1913

student {Vilniustoday: Vilnius city dist., Vilnius Cou., Lithuania
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.01.06]
, philosophy and theology, Theological Seminary}

others related
in death

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murder sites
camp 
(+ prisoner no)

OzerLag: Special Russian complex of concentration camps and forced labour camp for political prisoners in Irkutsk region, functioning with Gulag system. Founded in Tayshet in Siberia on 21.02.1958 with a decision of Russian murderous interior ministry MVD (replacing BratskLag, among others). Initially known as OssobLag no 7. The prisoners slaved at Baykal–Amur railway line — initially Tayshet–Bratsk part, and then Bratsk–Ust’–Kut (c. 700 km altogether). In 1952 c. 37,000 — 40,000 prisoners slave there (a quarter of them were women). The camp system was in operation till 1960. (more on: gulagmuseum.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.11.14]
)

TayshetLag: In Tajszet, in Irkuck region in Siberia, there was a number of GULAG camps — among them OzerLag and Angartroy — where prisoners slaved mainly at forest clearances. (more on: www.taishet.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.08.10]
)

AngarLag: Russian concentration camp and forced labour camp (part of Gulag penal system), by Angara river in Siberia, operational in 1947‑60. Up to 44,000 prisoners slaved at road construction, wood clearances and in factories. (more on: www.gulag.memorial.deClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
)

Gulag: Network of Russian slave labour concentration camps. At any given time up to 12 mln inmates where held in them, milions perished. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.05.09]
)

sources

personal:
www.marianie.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.05.19]
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[access: 2021.12.19]

bibliograhical:, „Lexicon of Polish clergy repressed in USSR in 1939‑1988”, Roman Dzwonkowski, SAC, ed. Science Society KUL, 2003, Lublin,
original images:
www.marianie.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.05.19]
, www.marianie.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.05.19]
, ipn.gov.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2019.02.02]

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