Antoni Leszczewicz ( be, Антоній Ляшчэвіч, translit=Antonij Liaščevič; 30 September 1890 – 18 February 1943) was a Polish-Belarusian Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest. He was a missionary in

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for two decades in the interwar period. He is one of the

108 Martyrs of World War II The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs ( pl, 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Roman Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 ...

who was burned alive with a group of parishioners by the Nazis in Belarus in 1943. He was beatified by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

in the 1990s. Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz)
(in Belarusian)

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1890 births 1943 deaths People from Sventsyansky Uyezd People from Smarhon District 20th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Polish beatified people 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs Roman Catholic missionaries in China 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs {{Poland-RC-clergy-stub