Pope John Paul II Mothers maiden name?greenspun.com : LUSENET : Catholic : One Thread |
Looking for the maiden name of the Pope's mother? My Mother was born in Poland they may have been related.
-- Jim Clarke (jclarke@wellwest.ca), July 05, 2004
It was Kaczorowska, according to the book "Witness to Hope", a biography of the Pope. The family surname was Kaczorowski, but many Polish surnames change the final letter from "i" to "a" for females in the family. Her first name was Emilia.
-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), July 05, 2004.