Pierre de Porcaro

The Abbé Pierre de Porcaro (; August 1904 – 12 March 1945) was a French Roman Catholic priest who worked as an undercover minister during the Second World War. He was eventually captured by the Nazis and died in Dachau concentration camp.

Life

Early life Pierre de Porcaro was born to a long-established Breton family in Dinan, Brittany, in August 1904. In 1935 he became the vicar of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, outside Paris, where he was particularly known for his work with Catholic youth groups.

The Second World War De Porcaro was called up when war broke out in 1939, and he was captured, along with the rest of his unit, during the Battle for France in June 1940.

Accepting the mission, he travelled to Germany as part of the Service du travail obligatoire programme, by which Vichy France provided thousands of French workers to Nazi Germany as forced labour. There is also a commemorative statue of him in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

The 13th of December 2025, he is declared Blessed with 49 others martyrs in Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris. https://www.catholique78.fr/2025/06/26/pierre-de-porcaro-un-nouveau-bienheureux-pour-les-yvelines/