Michał Woźniak
Catholic martyr (1875-1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Michał Woźniak, priest and martyr, who, from Poland occupied by a regime hostile to human dignity and to the faith, was transferred to the prison camp of Dachau and, subjected to torture, passed to the glory of heaven.
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 16 May as a Polish priest and martyr who died under torture at Dachau.
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, 16 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4114620 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.