Ks. Stanisław Opocki died in car accident

Father Stanisław Opocki, the national pastor for the Roma, died on October 7 following a car accident in Jurków.

The collision occurred before noon on national road 75 when a Dacia passenger car collided head-on with a truck. Although an air ambulance helicopter landed at the scene to transport an injured person to the hospital, the priest could not be saved, according to reports from Opoka and Stacja7.

Father Opocki spent many years serving the Roma community by preparing them for the sacraments and organizing pilgrimages to Limanowa and Wał-Rudy. He recently organized the 40th National Roma Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Matki Bożej Bolesnej in Limanowa on September 20. A date for his funeral has not yet been announced.