Siedliska, Rzeszów County Explained

Siedliska
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podkarpackie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Rzeszów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lubenia
Population Total:1700
Coordinates:49.9531°N 21.9464°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
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Siedliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubenia, within Rzeszów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1]

Notable personalities

Siedliska is the birthplace of Father Józef Kowalski of the Salesian Society, the martyr of Auschwitz concentration camp beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999, at a ceremonial mass in Warsaw.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Męczennik Auschwitz – ksiądz Józef Kowalski . The Martyr of Auschwitz – Father Józef Kowalski . Salezjanie.pl . Don Bosco. Magazyn salezjański 9-10/2001 . 28 February 2005 . 6 May 2014 . Ks. Jan Krawiec SDB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060106233214/http://www.salezjanie.pl/varia/?insp=ALL&kat=6&id=76 . January 6, 2006 .