Józef Joniec

Józef Joniec (12 October 1959 in Laskowa – 10 April 2010) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest.

Panteon grave

Biography

He made his first religious profession in the Piarist Order on August 16, 1977, accepting St. Krzysztof. He was ordained a priest on May 18, 1985, by Bishop Władysław Miziołek. After receiving ordination, he took up service in Kraków, Hebdów and from 1990 in Warsaw as a rector of the Piarist College.

He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk on 10 April 2010.[1] He was posthumously awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.[2]

References
  1. Lista pasażerów i załogi samolotu TU-154
  2. M.P. 2010 nr 40 poz. 587



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