The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

ric of Prague was established in 973, and elevated to an

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

ric on 30 April 1344. The current

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) ( cs, Arcidiecéze pražská, la, Archidioecesis Pragensis) is a Metropolitan Catholic archdiocese of the Latin Rite in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vit ...

is the continual successor of the bishopric established in 973 (with a 140-year

sede vacante ''Sede vacante'' ( in Latin.) is a term for the state of a diocese while without a bishop. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the term is used to refer to the vacancy of the bishop's or Pope's authority upon his death or resignation. Hi ...

in the

Hussite The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation. The Hussit ...

era). In addition, the city also has an

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...

arch

eparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on th ...

(archbishopric),

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exarchate An exarchate is any territorial jurisdiction, either secular or ecclesiastical, whose ruler is called an exarch. The term originates from the Greek word ''arkhos'', meaning a leader, ruler, or chief. Byzantine Emperor Justinian I created the firs ...

and the Prague diocese and

patriarchate Patriarchate ( grc, πατριαρχεῖον, ''patriarcheîon'') is an ecclesiological term in Christianity, designating the office and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical patriarch. According to Christian tradition three patriarchates were esta ...

of the

Czechoslovak Hussite Church The Czechoslovak Hussite Church ( cs, Církev československá husitská, ''CČSH'' or ''CČH'') is a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. Both the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and ...

seat in Prague.

Bishops of Prague

The names are given in

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

, with English or otherwise as suitable.

Archbishops of Prague

Orthodox bishops of Prague

The first Orthodox mission in Czech lands was led by

Saints Cyril and Methodius Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs". They are credited wit ...

, some time before the

East–West Schism The East–West Schism (also known as the Great Schism or Schism of 1054) is the ongoing break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054. It is estimated that, immediately after the schism occurred, a ...

, with its centre in

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

. The current

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ( cs, Pravoslavná církev v Českých zemích a na Slovensku; sk, Pravoslávna cirkev v českých krajinách a na Slovensku) is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territ ...

comes from the Czech Orthodox clubs and partly arose from the early Czechoslovak Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1920s. Consequently, the Czechoslovak Church tended towards Protestantism and an Orthodox branch split off. The Prague Archeparchy encompasses the whole of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

. *

Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague Gorazd is a given name. It is a Slavic version of the Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving d ...

1921–1942 * (...) *

Dorotheus (Filipp) of Prague Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

1963–1999 *

Metropolitan Christopher (Pulec) of Prague Christopher of Prague, born 29 June 1953 as Radim Pulec is the Orthodox Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan of Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church, the Czech lands and Slovakia since 2006 and Archbishop of Prague. He has participated in numerous theolog ...

2000–2013 * Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of Prague since 2013

Greek Catholic bishops of Prague

Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic The Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is an Eastern Catholic institution overseeing Catholics of byzantine-slavonic rite in the Czech Republic. It uses the localized Byzantine Rite in archaic Church Slavonic ...

was established in 2006. Exarchs: *1.

Ivan Ljavinec Ivan Ljavinec (18 April 1923 – 9 December 2012) was a Czech Republic, Czech hierarch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. Ljavinec was born in Volovec, Czechoslovakia (now in Ukraine) and ordained a priest on 28 July 1946. Ljavinec was a ...

, 1996–2003 *2. Ladislav Hučko, since 2003

Prague bishops of the Czechoslovak Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The

(until 1971 Czechoslovak Church) split off from the Roman Catholics in 1920s. Initially the church varied between Catholic modernism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism; today it is a Protestant church in principle. Bishops of Prague Diocese: #

Karel Farský Karel Farský (26 July 1880, in Škodějov, Semily District, Bohemia – 12 June 1927, in Prague) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch (1920) of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. He was Bishop of the West Boh ...

, 1925–1927 #

Gustav Adolf Procházka Gustav Adolf Procházka (11 March 1872, Kosmonosy, Mladá Boleslav District, Czechoslovakia – 9 February 1942, Prague) was the second patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Originally a Roman Catholic priest, he became a reformist or ...

, 1928–1942 # Miroslav Novák, 1946–1962 #

Josef Kupka Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

, 1962–1982 (in 1971, the church was renamed to "Hussite") #

Miroslav Durchánek Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...

, 1982–1988 # René Hradský, 1989–1999 #

Karel Bican Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * ...

1999–2007 # David Tonzar, since 2008 Prague is also the seat of patriarchs. The two first Bishops of Prague were also patriarchs. Since 1946, the patriarch is a different bishop. #

, 1924–1927 #

, 1928–1942 # František Kovář, 1946–1961 # Miroslav Novák, 1961–1990 #

Vratislav Štěpánek Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky – 21 July 2013, Šlapanice) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period from 1991 to 1994 the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brn ...

, 1991–1994 #

Josef Špak Josef Špak (10 July 1929 – 12 September 2016) was a Czech clergyman, and from 1994 to 2001, the sixth bishop-patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church The Czechoslovak Hussite Church ( cs, Církev československá husitská, ''CČSH'' or '' ...

, 1994–2001 #

Jan Schwarz Jan Schwarz (born 27 September 1958 in Třebíč, Vysočina Region, Czechoslovakia) is Czech theologian, a spiritual leader, journalist and writer. He was the seventh Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church The Czechoslovak Hussite Church ( ...

, 2001–2005 #

Tomáš Butta Tomáš Butta (born 12 June 1958 in Prague) is the eighth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

, since 2006

References

*{{cite web , title =Biskupové , work =Historie arcidiecéze , publisher =Arcibiskupství pražské , url =http://www.apha.cz/biskupove-prazske-arcidieceze , accessdate =2007-05-08, language=cs 973 establishments * Christianity in Prague *

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

Bishops and archbishops of Prague