Francis Blachnicki was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and educator who lived from 1921 to 1987. Born in Rybnik, he survived imprisonment in the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was assigned prisoner number 1201. Following a religious conversion in 1942, he was later ordained in Katowice in 1950. He is primarily recognized for establishing the Light-Life Oasis Movement and various religious organizations aimed at addressing social and ethical challenges through faith.