Born in Obydowie near Lviv to a family of peasants, Józef Katarzyniec entered the Franciscan Conventual Order in 1908, receiving the religious name of Wenanty. Studying philosophy and theology at the seminary of Krakow, he was ordained priest in 1914. Assigned as parochial vicar at Czyszkach near Lviv, between 1915 and 1919 he served as master of the Franciscan novitiate of Lviv. Dismissed from the function after being diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was sent to the Kalwaria Pacławska monastery where he died in odour of sanctity. A collaborator of St. Maximilian Kolbe, his cause for beatification was introduced in 1950. Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of his decrees, declaring him venerable on June 14, 2016.
Born in Obydowie near Lviv to a family of peasants, Józef Katarzyniec entered the Franciscan Conventual Order in 1908, receiving the religious name of Wenanty. Studying philosophy and theology at the seminary of Krakow, he was ordained priest in 1914. Assigned as parochial vicar at Czyszkach near Lviv, between 1915 and 1919 he served as master of the Franciscan novitiate of Lviv. Dismissed from the function after being diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was sent to the Kalwaria Pacławska monastery where he died in odour of sanctity. A collaborator of St. Maximilian Kolbe, his cause for beatification was introduced in 1950. Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of his decrees, declaring him venerable on June 14, 2016.
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