Miroslav Bulešić
Croatian Catholic priest, martyr and blessed (1920-1947)
Feast: 24 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Miroslav Bulešić was born on 13 May 1920 in the Istrian hamlet of Čabrunići, parish of Svetvinčenat, and after secondary school chose to study for the priesthood.
A Croatian diocesan priest, he was cruelly killed in northern Istria in 1947 simply for carrying out his priestly ministry.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young priest killed for doing his priestly work.
The cause
Miroslav Bulešić has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Postulation for the cause of Blessed Miroslav Bulesic.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Miroslav Bulešić
- Wikidata Q12352724 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Miroslav Bulešić (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.