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Władysław Goral
Polish educationist (1898-1945), Roman Catholic bishop and blessed
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Feast: 26 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1898
Died
1945
verified
Beatified
13 June 1999
by John Paul II, in Warsaw
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
Władysław Goral, Bishop of Lublin, is one of the 108 Polish martyrs of the Second World War, clergy and lay people of every age and state.
He was tortured with particular hatred simply because he was a Catholic bishop.
The miracles
As martyrs they were beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A bishop tortured to death by the Nazis because he was a Catholic bishop.
Connected on this site
- Leon Wetmański Blessed“Among them were Archbishop Antoni Julian Nowowiejski of Płock, tortured to death at Działdowo, and Bishop Władysław Goral of Lublin, tortured with particular hatred because he was a Catholic bishop.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: 108 martiri polacchi della II Guerra Mondiale
- Wikidata Q2604923 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.