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
MUCHA
forename(s)
Mieczyslav John (pl. Mieczysław Jan)
religious forename(s)
Stanislaus (Aegidius) (pl. Stanisław (Egidiusz))
function
religious cleric
creed
Latin (Roman Catholic) Churchmore on
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[access: 2014.09.21]
congregation
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans, Minorites - OFM)more on
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[access: 2013.05.19]
diocese / province
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary province OFM (Bernard's Fathers)more on
pl.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.08.18]
date and place
of death
05.03.1945
Dobryachyntoday: Chervonohrad urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02]
alt. dates and places
of death
07.03.1945
details of death
After German and Russian invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the World War II, during the genocide perpetrated by Ukrainians, known as „Volyn genocide”, attacked on the road from Sokal to Krystynopol where was planning to lead parish retreat (or when returning from Krystynopol to Sokal) by members of Ukrainian genocidal OUN/UPA organization.
In Dobraczyn was shot at.
Attempted to flee in Boraczyn direction.
Few mounted genocidal OUN/UPA gang members followed.
Prob. tortured (with a saw), the body was never found — prob. tossed into a nearby pond.
Two other Poles were also murdered that day.
cause of death
mass murder
perpetrators
Ukrainians
date and place
of birth
03.12.1917
Okocimtoday: Brzesko gm., Brzesko pow., Lesser Poland voiv., Poland
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religious vows
05.09.1934 (temporary)
02.03.1939 (permanent)
presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
11.10.1942
positions held
1944 – 1945
guardian {Sokaltoday: Sokal urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.20], Our Lady of Consolation monastery, Franciscans' Order OFM}
1944 – 1945
administrator {parish: Sokaltoday: Sokal urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.20], St Michael the Archangel; dean.: Belztoday: Belz urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.15]}, acting („ad interim”) — in part of the parish of the left bank of Bug river
1944 – 1945
administrator {parish: Varyazhtoday: Sokal urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.22], St Mark the Evangelist; dean.: Belztoday: Belz urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.15]}, acting
1942 – 1944
vicar {parish: Leshnivtoday: Brody urban hrom., Zolochiv rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2022.01.16], St Matthias the Apostle; St Matthias monastery, Franciscans' Order OFM; dean.: Brodytoday: Brody urban hrom., Zolochiv rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.20]}
c. 1938 – 1942
student {Lvivtoday: Lviv urban hrom., Lviv rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2022.01.16], Philosophical and Theological Studies, St Andrew the Apostle monastery, Franciscans' Order OFM}
1934 – 1938
pupil {Sokaltoday: Sokal urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.20], Minor Theological Seminary (Seraphic College), Our Lady of Consolation monastery, Franciscans' Order OFM}
04.09.1933 – 05.09.1934
novitiate {Leżajsktoday: Leżajsk urban gm., Leżajsk pow., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09], Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary monastery, Franciscans' Order OFM}
murder sites
camp
(+ prisoner no)
Genocidium Atrox: In 1939‑47, especially in 1943‑4, independent Ukrainian units, mainly belonging to genocidal Ukrainian organizations OUN (political arm) and UPA (military arm), supported by local Ukrainian population, murdered — often in extremely brutal way — in Volyn and surrounding regions of pre‑war Poland, from 130,000 to 180,000 Poles, all civilians: men, women, children, old and young. Polish–Ukrainian conflict that openly emerged during and after I World War (in particular resulting in Polish–Ukrainian war of 1918‑9), that survived and even deepened later when western Ukraine became a part Poland, exploded again after the outbreak of the II World War in 09.1939. During Russian occupation of 1939‑41, when hundreds of thousands of Poles were deported into central Russia, when tens of thousands were murdered (during so‑called Katyń massacres, among others), this open conflict had a limited character, helped by the fact that at that time Ukrainians, Ukrainian nationalists in particular, were also persecuted by the Russians. The worst came after German–Russian war started on 22.06.1941 and German occupation resulted. Initially Ukrainians supported Germans (Ukrainian police was initiated, Ukrainians co—participated in extermination of the Jews and were joining army units fighting alongside Germans). Later when German ambivalent position towards Ukraine became apparent Ukrainians started acting independently. And in 1943 one of the units of aforementioned Ukrainian OUN/UPA organization, in Volyn, started and perpetrated a genocide of Polish population of this region. In mere few weeks OUN/UPA murdered, with Germans passively watching on the sidelines, more than 40,000 Poles. This strategy was consequently approved and adopted by all OUN/UPA organisations and similar genocides took place in Eastern Lesser Poland (part of Ukraine) where more than 20,000 Poles were slaughtered, meeting however with growing resistance from Polish population. Further west, in Chełm, Rzeszów, etc. regions this genocide turned into an extremely bloody conflict. In general genocide, perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists, partly collaborating with German occupants, on vulnerable Polish population took part in hundreds of villages and small towns, where virtually all Polish inhabitants were wiped out. More than 200 priests, religious and nuns perished in this holocaust — known as „Genocidium Atrox” (Eng. „savage genocide”) The nature and purpose of genocide is perhaps best reflected in the song sung by the murderers: „We will slaughter the Poles, we will cut down the Jews, we must conquer the great Ukraine” (ukr. „Поляків виріжем, Євреїв видусим, велику Україну здобути мусим”). This holocaust and conflict ended up in total elimination of Polish population and Polish culture from Ukraine, in enforced deportations in 1944‑5 of remaining Poles from Ukraine and some Ukrainians into Ukraine proper, and finally in deportation of Ukrainians from East‑South to the Western parts of Polish republic prl by Commie‑Nazi Russian controlled Polish security forces („Vistula Action”). (more on: www.swzygmunt.knc.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2021.06.20])
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 II World War 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 Stanislaus 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
[access: 2015.09.30])
sources
personal:
www.genealogia.okiem.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2012.11.23], cracovia-leopolis.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.01.06], www.jakub1.bwi.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.01.13]
bibliograhical:, „Register of Latin rite Lviv metropolis clergy’s losses in 1939‑45”, Józef Krętosz, Maria Pawłowiczowa, editors, Opole, 2005, „Biographical lexicon of Lviv Roman Catholic Metropoly clergy victims of the II World War 1939‑1945”, Mary Pawłowiczowa (ed.), Fr Joseph Krętosz (ed.), Holy Cross Publishing, Opole, 2007,
original images:
www.jakub1.bwi.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.01.13], www.genealogia.okiem.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2012.11.23]
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