Julian Pękala (1904 in Dębowierzchy, Congress Poland – March 3, 1977, in Warsaw, Poland) was the Primate Bishop of the Polish Catholic Church from 1951 to 1959 as president of the episcopal college, and Primate Bishop from 1965 to 1975.

From March 23, 1961, to October 29, 1965, he served as the bishop ordinary of the Wrocław diocese of the Polish Catholic Church [pl].

In 1928, he received priestly ordination in Krakow from Bishop Francis Hodur of the Polish National Catholic Church.

[2][3] In October 1965, Bishop Pękala organized a secret meeting of clergy at his apartment, where the decision was made to remove Primate Bishop Maksymilian Rode from office.

After the abrupt removal of Bishop Rode from the church leadership with the involvement of the Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church in the United States and Canada Leon Grochowski, Bishop Julian Pękala was once again appointed as the head of the Church.