Alfons Mazurek
Carmelite friar, prior and priest. (1891–1944)
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Nawojowa Góra in Poland, Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek, priest and martyr, who, in time of war, was killed for his Christian faith by the invaders of his homeland.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 August as a priest killed for his faith at Nawojowa Góra.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 28 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2839681 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alfons Maria Mazurek (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.