Georg Häfner
German priest and martyr (1900–1942)
Feast: 20 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Georg Häfner was born in Würzburg on 19 October 1900 to simple, humble, believing parents and showed a strong call to the priesthood from boyhood. After ordination he served in several parishes and from 12 November 1934 was parish priest of Oberschwarzach.
On 31 October 1941 he was unjustly arrested for 'behaviour hostile to the State', imprisoned in Würzburg and sent to Dachau, where he died of privation on 20 August 1942.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A country parish priest who died in Dachau for his faithfulness to Christ.
The cause
Georg Häfner has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Diocese of Wurzburg: Blessed Georg Haefner.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Georg Häfner
- Wikidata Q45342 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Georg Häfner (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.