Biography of Father Jan Kniukszta
- Description:
- Born in 1857. Graduated from Żytomierz Seminary and was ordained for the Diocese of Kamieniec. From 1902 he was administrator of the parish in Toporzyszcze, Owrucz deanery, and later (1904-1910) he was administrator of the parish in Raszków, Baƚta deanery. From 1914 he was pastor in Raszków and then later pastor in Kodyma. In 1919 or 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War, he was murdered by Red Army soldiers (exact date and place of death unknown). Source: Dzwonkowski, p. 291
- Variant Names:
- Kniukszta, Jan; Kni︠u︡kshta, I︠A︡n
- Dates:
- 1857-1919/20
- Locations:
- Z︠H︡ytomyr (Ukraine); Ovruch (Ukraine); Raszków (Kalisz, Poland); Kodyma (Ukraine); Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
- Subjects:
- male; clergy and religious; executed