Jury Kashyra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jury Kashyra

Belarusian Roman Catholic priest

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Verkhnyadzvinsk District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1943

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jury Kashyra (April 4, 1904 – February 18, 1943), was a Roman Catholic priest and a Belarusian apostle of the unity between Catholic and Orthodox Christians.
He was murdered by the German security forces and their collaborators in Operation Winterzauber, a punitive "bandit fighting" raid, together with his parishioners.
Kashyra was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999 together with the 108 Martyrs of World War II.