The following is a list of Roman Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God and candidates for sainthood who are considered to be "Polish", although not all of these saints are native-born Poles.
Saints
Wojciech of Prague (Adalbert) (c. 956–997), Benedictine; Bishop of Prague (Nymburk, Czech Republic – Elbląg, Poland) Canonized: 999 by Pope Sylvester II Andrzej Świerad (c. 980–1009), Benedictine (Kazimierza, Poland – Nitra, Slovakia) Canonized: 1085 by Pope Gregory VII Stojislav of Szkalka (Benedykt) (d. 1012), Benedictine (Nitra, Slovakia) Canonized: 1085 by Pope Gregory VII Otto of Bamberg (1060–1139), Bishop of Bamberg (Bavaria, Germany) Canonized: 29 April 1189 by Pope Clement III Stanisław from Szczepanów (1030–1079), Bishop of Kraków; martyr (Brzesko – Kraków, Poland) Canonized: 8 September 1253 by Pope Innocent IV Hedwig of Silesia (1174–1243), Married Layperson of House of Andechs (Bavaria, Germany – Wrocław, Poland) Canonized: 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV Kazimierz Jagiellończyk (1458–1484), Layman of the Archdiocese of Kraków (Kraków, Poland – Grodno, Belarus) Canonized: 1 December 1521 by Pope Leo X Jacek Odrowąź (c. 1185–1257), Dominican (Opole – Kraków, Poland) Canonized: 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII Stanisław Kostka (1550–1568), Novice of the Jesuits (Przasnysz, Poland – Rome, Italy) Beatified: 14 August 1605 by Pope Leo XI Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Jan Wacięga z Kęty (Joannes Cantius) (1390–1473), (Oświęcim – Kraków, Poland) Beatified: 28 March 1676 by Pope Clement X Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Yosafat Kuntsevich (c. 1580–1623), Basilian of Saint Josaphat; Archeparch of Polotsk; martyr (Volyn, Ukraine – Vitebsk, Belarus) Beatified: 16 May 1643 by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX Johannes Hofbauer (Klemens Maria) (1751–1820), Redemptorist (Znojmo, Czech Republic – Vienna, Austria) Declared "Venerable": 14 May 1876 Beatified: 29 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 20 May 1909 by Pope Pius X Andrzej Bobola (1591–1657), Jesuit; martyr (Sandomierz, Poland – Brest, Belarus) Declared "Venerable": 9 February 1755 Beatified: 30 October 1853 by Pope Pius IX Canonized: 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI Rajmund Kolbe (Maksymilian Maria) (1894–1941), Franciscan Conventual, martyr (Zdunska-Wola – Oświęcim, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 30 January 1969 Beatified: 17 October 1971 by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II Albert Chmielowski (Albert) (1845–1916), Founder of the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor (Albertine Brothers) and the Sisters Servants of the Poor (Albertine Sisters) (Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 20 January 1977 Beatified: 22 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 November 1989 by Pope John Paul II Józef Kalinowski (Rafał of Saint Joseph) (1835–1907), Discalced Carmelite (Vilnius, Lithuania – Wadowice, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 11 October 1980 Beatified: 22 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 17 November 1991 by Pope John Paul II Jan Sarkander (1576–1620), Diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Olomouc; martyr (Śląskie, Poland – Olomoucký kraj, Czech Republic) Declared "Venerable": 11 September 1859 Beatified: 6 May 1980 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 May 1995 by Pope John Paul II Melchior Grodziecki (c. 1584–1619), Jesuit; martyr Declared "Venerable": January 6, 1904 Beatified: 15 January 1905 by Pope Pius X Canonized: 2 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II Jadwiga Andegaweńska (1374–1399), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Kraków; Queen of Poland (Budapest, Hungary – Kraków, Poland) Beatified: 8 August 1986 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 8 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II Jan of Dukla (1414–1484), Franciscan Observan (Krosno, Poland – Lviv, Ukraine) Beatified: 21 January 1733 by Pope Clement XII Canonized: 10 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II Declared "Venerable": 26 January 1987 Beatified: 1 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II Kinga of Poland (1224–1292), Poor Clare (Budapest, Hungary – Stary Sącz, Poland) Beatified: June 11, 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII Canonized: June 16, 1999 by Pope John Paul II Helena Kowalska (Maria Faustyna) (1905–1938), Sister of Our Lady of Mercy (Łęczyca – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 7 March 1992 Beatified: 18 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 30 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842–1924), Bishop of Przemyśl of the Latins; Founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Krosno – Przemyśl, Poland) Declared "Venerable": February 18, 1989 Beatified: 2 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II Julia Ledóchowska (Urszula) (1865–1939), Founder of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Melk, Austria – Rome, Italy) Declared "Venerable": 14 May 1983 Beatified: 20 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845–1920), Priest of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins; Founder of Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi (Podkarpackie, Poland – Lviv, Ukraine) Declared "Venerable": December 20, 1999 Beatified: 26 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI Józef Bilczewski (1860–1923), Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (Bielsko, Poland – Lviv, Ukraine) Declared "Venerable": December 18, 1997 Beatified: 26 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI Szymon of Lipnica (c. 1439–1482), Franciscan Observant (Bochnia – Kraków, Poland) Beatified: 24 February 1685 by Pope Innocent XI Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1822–1895), Archbishop of Warsaw; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary (Luts'k, Ukraine – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 24 April 2001 Beatified: 18 August 2002 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489), Canons Regular of the Lateran (Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 21 December 1992 Beatified: 18 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI Karol Józef Wojtyła [Pope John Paul II] (1920–2005), (Wadowice, Poland – Vatican City) Declared "Venerable": 19 December 2009 Beatified: 1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI Canonized: 27 April 2014 by Pope Francis Jan Papczyński (Stanisław of Jesus and Mary) (1631–1701), Religious priest and founder of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception (Nowy Sącz – Piaseczno, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 13 June 1992 Beatified: 16 September 2007 by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB Canonized: 5 June 2016 by Pope Francis
Blesseds
Salomea (c. 1211/1212 - 1268), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (? – Krakow, Poland) Beatified: 17 May 1673 by Pope Innocent XI (confirmation of cultus) Czesław Odrowąż (c. 1175–1242), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Kamień Śląski, Poland - Wrocław, Poland) Beatified: 27 August 1712 by Pope Clement XI (confirmation of cultus) Ladislas of Gielniów (c. 1440 – 1505), Professed Priest of the Order of Friars Minor (Gniezo, Poland) Beatified: 11 February 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (confirmation of cultus) Wincenty Kadłubek (c. 1150–1223), Professed Priest of the Cistercians; Bishop of Kraków (Opatów – Jędrzejów, Poland) Beatified: 18 February 1764 by Pope Clement XIII (confirmation of cultus) Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 1409), Professed Priest of the Order of Friars Minor, Archbishop of Halicz (Galicia, Poland - Lviv, Ukraine) Beatified: 11 September 1790 by Pope Pius VI (confirmation of cultus) Jolanta (1235–1298), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Esztergom, Hungary – Gniezno, Poland) Beatified: 26 September 1827 by Pope Leo XII (confirmation of cultus) Bronisława (c. 1200–1259), Professed Religious of the Premonstratensian Nuns (Chełm – Kraków, Poland) Beatified: 23 August 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI (confirmation of cultus) Bogumił z Dobrowa (c.1135 - 1204), Archbishop of Gniezno and hermit of the Camaldolese Order (Dobrow, Poland? - Uniedow, Poland?) Beatified: 27 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI (confirmation of cultus) Maria Teresa Ledóchowska (1863–1922), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver (Melk, Austria – Rome, Italy) Declared "Venerable": 16 March 1970 Beatified: 19 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI Dorota of Mątowy Wielkie (1347–1394), Married Layperson of the Dioceses of Warmia and Gdańsk (Malbork – Kwidzyn, Poland) Beatified: 9 January 1976 by Pope Paul VI (confirmation of cultus) Karolina Kózka (1898–1914), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Tarnów; Martyr (Radłów, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 30 June 1986 Beatified: June 10, 1987 Michał Kozal (1893–1943), Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek; Martyr (Krotoszyn, Poland – Oberbayern, Germany) Declared "Venerable": 8 May 1987 Beatified: 14 June 1987 Florentyn Wacław Koźmiński (Honorat of Biała) (1829–1916), Professed Priest of the Capuchin Franciscans; Founder of the following congregations; Secular Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Messengers of Mary, the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Lithuania, the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God – Seraphic Sisters, the Franciscan Sisters of the Suffering, the Vestiarki Sisters of Jesus, the Sisters Servants of Jesus, the Daughters of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, the Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus, the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Sisters of Blessed Honorat, the Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face, the Auxiliary Sisters of the Atoning Souls, the Daughters of Mary Immaculate – Immaculatine Sisters, the Sons of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sisters Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Sisters Servants of the Mother of the Good Shepherd (Biała Podlaska – Grójec, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 16 March 1987 Canonized: 16 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II Maria Franciszka Siedliska (Maria of Jesus the Good Shepherd) (1842–1902), Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (Rzeczyca, Poland – Rome, Italy) Declared "Venerable": 29 April 1980 Beatified: 23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II Bolesława Maria Lament (1862–1946), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family (Łowicz – Białystok, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 22 January 1991 Beatified: 5 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II Aniela Salawa (1881–1922), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Kraków; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Myślenice – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 23 October 1987 Beatified: 13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II Melchor Chyliński (Rafał) (1694–1741), Professed Priest of the Conventual Franciscans (Poznań – Łagiewniki, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 13 May 1949 Beatified: 9 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II Zofia Angela Truszkowska (Maria Angela) (1825–1899), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Felix of Cantalice (Felician Sisters) (Kalisz – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 2 April 1982 Beatified: 18 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II Marcelina Darowska (Maria Marcelina of the Immaculate Conception) (1827–1911), Widow; Cofounder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin (Zhashkiv – Buchach, Ukraine) Declared "Venerable": 15 December 1994 Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II Maria Karłowska (Maria of Jesus Crucified) (1865–1935), Founder of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd of Divine Providence (Kcynia – Chełmno, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 11 July 1995 Beatified: 6 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II Maria Jabłońska (Bernardyna) (1886–1940), Founder of the Sisters Servants of the Poor – Albertine Sisters (Narol – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 17 December 1996 Beatified: 6 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II