Paweł Holszański (Lithuanian: Povilas Alšėniškis; c. 1485[1] – 4 September 1555, Vilnius[2]) was a notable Catholic church official[3] and one of the last male scions of the once-mighty Lithuanian Alšėniškiai princely family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

[4] Born to Prince Aleksander Holszański, the Castellan of Vilnius, and Zofia Sudymuntowiczówna,[5] daughter of Alekna Sudimantaitis.

[10] During his term as bishop, Holszański created several dozen new parishes in the Polish-Lithuanian borderlands.

In 1518, from his mother Sophia of Chożów, he received the royal lease of the castle in Punia, and the house in Vilnius that Holszański sold in 1528 to Mikołaj Wieżgajło [pl].

[14] After his mother's death (shortly after 1518), Holszański inherited the family's main estates: Halshany, Lebiedziewo [be], Chożów [be], Dunilavichy and Voŭpa.