Rudolf Komórek (11 October 1890 – 11 December 1949) was a Polish priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco while also serving as part of the missions in Brazil.

[1] The cause for sainthood commenced on 31 January 1964 in which he became a Servant of God and Pope John Paul II named him to be Venerable on 6 April 1995.

On 1 May 1914 he became a chaplain of the 100 Infantry Regiment as a captain due to the tensions that resulted in World War I and on 1 June moved from Zabrze to Skoczów while later relocating to Kraków tending to the wounded in hospitals.

[1] Italian forces arrested him and kept him as a prisoner of war for two months in Trento; his release allowed him to return home to Poland.

He later joined he Salesians of Don Bosco – upon asking for the permission of Cardinal Adolf Bertram – and commenced his novitiate on 30 October 1922 near Wadowice.

Pope John Paul II declared Komórek to be Venerable on 6 April 1995 after confirming his life of heroic virtue.