István Pauli or István Pável (Slovenian: Števan Pauli, July 13, 1760 – January 29, 1829) was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest. Pauli was the teacher of Pertoča György Kousz who was the author of a hymnal in Pertoča.
He was born in Beltinci. His parents were Márk Pável and Katalin Gyrék. In Bratislava, he studied theology, and in 1789 he was ordained. From 1790 to 1797, he was the priest of Pertoča. On October 1, 1822, he retired to Szombathely and died there sometime later.