Władysław Goral
Polish educationist (1898-1945), Roman Catholic bishop and blessed
Feast: 26 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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.
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.
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
- 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.