The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) ( cs, Arcidiecéze pražská, la, Archidioecesis Pragensis) is a Metropolitan

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archdiocese of the

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in Bohemia, in the

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. The

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archiepiscopal see is

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, in the Bohemian and Czech capital

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, entirely situated inside the

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complex. Jan Graubner is the current archbishop.

Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are : * Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice (Budweis) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové la, Reginae Gradecen(sis), German: Königgrätz } is a diocese located in the city of Hradec Králové in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History * November 10, 1664: E ...

(Königgrätz) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice The Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice la, Litomericen(sis) is a diocese located in the city of Litoměřice in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History * July 3, 1655: Established as Diocese of Litoměřice fro ...

(Leitmeritz) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň ( la, Pilznen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Plzeň in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History * May 31, 1993: Established as Diocese of Plzeň from the Diocese of Če ...

(Pilsen)

History

* The diocese was founded in 973 as the Diocese of Prague, through the joint efforts of Duke Boleslav II of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperors

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and

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. It was a suffragan of the Metropolitan

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(Mayence, Germany, also the

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) * It lost territories in 1000 to establish the

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(Breslau, in

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, now Poland) and in 1063 to establish the then Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz, in

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, now also Metropolitan) * It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague on 30 April 1344, having lost territory again to establish the

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(Leitomischl, Bohemia). The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the ''Manipulus florum'' of

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.Clarke (2004), ''ODNB''. * Gained territory (back) in 1474 from the suppressed Diocese of Litomyšl * Lost territories repeatedly: on 1655.07.03 to establish the Diocese of Litoměřice, on 1664.11.10 to establish Diocese of Hradec Králové, on 1785.09.20 to establish Diocese of České Budějovice and on 1993.05.31 to establish Diocese of Plzeň, all four Bohemian and its suffragans. * It enjoyed

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s from

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(1990.04, 1995.05, 1997.04) and

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in September 2009.

Episcopal ordinaries

. The names of the following list of bishops and archbishops of Prague are given in

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, with English equivalent or otherwise as suitable. ;''Suffragan Bishops of Prague'' # Dětmar (Thietmar, Dietmar) (973 – death 2 January 982) # St. Vojtěch (

Adalbert of Prague Adalbert of Prague ( la, Sanctus Adalbertus, cs, svatý Vojtěch, sk, svätý Vojtech, pl, święty Wojciech, hu, Szent Adalbert (Béla); 95623 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch ( la, ...

, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (19 January 982 – 988 and (992 – 994), died 996 # Kristian ( Strachkvas) (996 (died during consecration)) # Thiddag (998 – death 11 June 1017) # Ekkhard (Ekkehard, Ekhard, Helicardus) (1017 – death 8 August 1023) # Hyza (Hyzo, Hizzo, Izzo) (1023 – death 31 January 1030) # Šebíř (Severus) (1030 – death 12 September 1067) # Gebhart (Gebehard, Jaromír) (1068 – 1089) # Kosmas (1090 – death 12 October 1098) # Heřman (1099 – death 17 September 1122) # Menhart (Meinhard) (1122 – death 3 September 1134) # Jan I (John) (1134 – death 8 August 1139) # ? Silvestr (1139 – abdication 1140 # Ota (Otto) (1140 – death 10 July 1148) # Daniel I (1148 – death 9 August 1167) #'' Gotpold (Goltpold, Gothard, Hotart) (1168 – 1168.03.10 not possessed: died before installation)'' # Bedřich z Puttendorfu (1168 – death 31 July 1179) # Valentin (Veliš, Vališ) (1179 – death 6 February 1182) # Bretislaus III of Bohemia = Jindřich Břetislav (1182 – death 15 June 1197) # Daniel II (Milík z Talmberka) (1197 – death 4 April 1214) # Ondřej (1214 – death 30 July 1224) # Pelhřim (Peregrin) z Vartenberka (1124 – 1125) # Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav) (1225 – death 10 July 1226) # Jan II (John) (1226 – death 17 August 1236) # Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř ze Sulevic (1236 – death 12 September 1240) # Mikuláš z Reisenburku/Rýzmburka (1240 – death 18 January 1258) # Jan III (John) z Dražic (1258 – death 21 October 1278) # Tobiáš z Bechyně (1278 – death 1 March 1296) # Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka (1296 – death 6 September 1301) # Jan IV (John) z Dražic (1301 – death 5 January 1343) # ? Jindřich Berka z Dubé (1333 – ?), previously Bishop of

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on t ...

(Olmütz,

, Czech Republic) (1327 – 1333) # ? Arnošt z Pardubic ( Arnošt of Pardubice) (?1343 – ?1344 ''see below'') ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Prague'' # Arnošt z Pardubic ( Arnošt of Pardubice) ''see above?'' (1344 – death 30 June 1364) # Jan Očko z Vlašimi (1364.08.23 – retired 1379.03.06); previously Bishop of

(Moravia) (1351.11.17 – 1364.08.23); created

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of Ss. XII Apostoli (1378.09.18 – death 1380.01.14) # Jan z Jenštejna (John) (Johann von Jenstein) (1379.03.19 – 1396); previously Bishop of

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(Saxony, Germany) (1375.07.04 – 1379.03.19) # Olbram (Volfram) ze Škvorce (1369 – death 1402.05.01) #'' Mikuláš Puchník z Černic (1402 - 1402.09.19 not possessed : died before consecration)'' # Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka (1403–1411) #

Sigismund Albicus Sigismund Albicus ( cs, Zikmund Albík z Uničova) (c.1360 – July 23, 1427) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague and a Moravian. Albicus was born at Uničov, Moravia, and entered the University of Prague when quite young, taking his ...

(1411–1412) #

Conrad of Vechta Conrad of Vechta (Czech ''Konrád z Vechty''; German ''Konrad von Vechta'') (born ca. 1370, possibly in Bremen; died 24 December 1431 in Roudnice nad Labem) was Bishop of Verden (1400–1402/1407), Bishop of Olomouc (1408–1413), Archbishop of Prag ...

= Konrád z Vechty (1413 – death 1421.12.24) ## ''

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1421–1561'' ## ''

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Johann von Bucka (John),

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(O. Praem.) (1421.08.13 – 1430.10.09), while Bishop of

( 416.09.211418.02.14 – 1430.10.09), created

of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1426.05.27 – 1430.10.09), Apostolic Administrator of

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(

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) (1429 – 1430.10.09); previously Bishop of Litomyšl (1392 – 1418.02.14), Apostolic Administrator of

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(1418.02.14 – 1420)'' # Antonín Brus z Mohelnice (1561 – death 1580.08.28), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1561 – 1580.08.28); previously Bishop of

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(Vienna, Austria) (1558 – 1563) # Martin Medek z Mohelnice (1581 – death 1590.02.02), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star #

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(a Liepé) (1593.06.21 – death 1606.03.06), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star # Karel Graf von Lamberk = Karl z Lamberka (1607 – 1612), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star #

Johann Lohel Johann Lohelius (1549 – November 2, 1622), better known as Johann Lohel, was the archbishop of Prague from September 18, 1612 until his death. Early life Born in 1549 in a poor family, Johann was piously brought up. At fifteen he was engaged as ...

= Jan Lohelius (1612 – 1622), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star # Ernst Adalbert = Arnošt Vojtěch, Graf (count) von Harrach (born Austria) (1623.01.06 – death 1667.10.25), also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, created

of S. Maria degli Angeli (1632.06.07 – 1667.07.18), also Bishop of

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(Italy) (1665.07.31 – 1667.10.25), transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1667.07.18 – 1667.10.25),

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(1667.07.18 – 1667.10.25) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste,

(O. Praem.) (born Czech Republic) (1644.04.18 – death 1653.08.23), Titular Bishop of Trapezus (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23) ## Auxiliary Bishop:

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Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?), Titular Bishop of Sebastia (1654.06.22 – ?) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (born Italy) (1663.04.23 – death 1664.03.09), Titular Bishop of Constantia (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?), Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris (1667.02.07 – ?) #'' Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668 (died before consecration)'' # Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka, O.S.B. (1669.03.11 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of

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(Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Otto Reinhold Andrimont, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1669.09.09 – 1674.11.22), Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea antea Sepphoris (1669.09.09 – ?) # Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein, Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (O. Cr.) (born Austria) (1675.12.02 – death 1694.06.03), previously Bishop of

(Czech Republic) ( 668.06.161673.11.27 – 1675.12.02), and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1668 – 1694.06.03) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – death 1679.01.25?), Titular Bishop of

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(1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (born Czech Republic) (1679.04.10 – death 1701.01.10), Titular Bishop of Milevum (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (born Czech Republic) (1701.01.03 – death 1711.03.09), Titular Bishop of Hierapolis (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09) # Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1695.07.04 – death 1710.03.20) (born Austria), previously

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(1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) # Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg (1711.05.11 – death 1731.08.07), previously Bishop of

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(

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) (1701.07.18 – 1711.05.11) # Daniel Josef Mayer (z Mayernu) (born Czech Republic) ( 731.11.041732.05.07 – death 1733.04.10), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07) #'' Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation)'' # Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733.12.18 – death 1763.10.26), previously Bishop of

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(Austria) ( 721.06.181721.08.03 – 1733.12.18) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (born Czech Republic) (1733.03.05 – death 1759.01.21), Titular Bishop of Adraha (1729.02.07 – 1759.01.21) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – death 1755.05.16), Titular Bishop of Mennith (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – death 1757.02.07), Titular Bishop of Callinicum (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (born Czeachie) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28), Titular Bishop of

Amyclae Amyclae or Amyklai ( grc, Ἀμύκλαι) was a city of ancient Laconia, situated on the right or western bank of the Eurotas, 20 stadia south of Sparta, in a district remarkable for the abundance of its trees and its fertility. Amyclae was one ...

(1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28); later Bishop of Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ( 759.07.191760.01.28 – death 1789.12.07) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17), Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17); later Bishop of

(Czech Republic) ( 775.05.141775.07.17 – death 1776.05.05) # Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (born Czech Republic) (1763.10.26 – death 1793.04.14); previously Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1752.09.25 – 1754.01.14) as

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of Praha (1752.09.25 – 1763.10.26) and

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of Diocese of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ( 753.09.291754.01.14 – 1763.10.26) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler (1775.09.11 – death 1776.09.04), Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – death 1779.03.22), Titular Bishop of Hippo Zarytus (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – death 1781.06.27), Titular Bishop of

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(1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – death 1792.12.27), Titular

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(1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27) # Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm (born Belgium) (1793.09.23 – death 1810.09.14), previously Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) ( 776.01.301776.05.20 – 1793.09.23) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky (born Czech Republic) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29), Titular Bishop of Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29); later Bishop of Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ( 801.10.151802.03.29 – 1815.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (''see below'') ## Auxiliary Bishop:

Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?), Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1808.01.11 – ?) # Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan (''see above'' ( 814.12.30815.03.15 – death 1830.06.14) ## Auxiliary Bishop: František de Paula Pištěk (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24), Titular Bishop of Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24); later Bishop of

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(Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Lviv,

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) (1835.07.24 – death 1846.02.01) # Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat = Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat (born Czech Republic) (1831.02.28 – 1833.03.28), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15), Bishop of

(Czech Republic) (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – death 1857.06.20), Titular Bishop of

Satala Located in Turkey, the settlement of Satala ( xcl, Սատաղ ''Satał'', grc, Σάταλα), according to the ancient geographers, was situated in a valley surrounded by mountains, a little north of the Euphrates, where the road from Trapez ...

(1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20) # Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice = Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (born Poland) (1833.09.30 – death 1838.03.26), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

(Lvov,

) (1815.03.25 – 1833.09.30) # Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk = Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk (born Czech Republic) (1838.09.17 – death 1849.03.05), previously Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17) #

Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg Friedrich Prince zu Schwarzenberg, or in Czech Bedřich prince ze Schwarzenberg (April 6, 1809 in Vienna, Austria – March 27, 1885 in Vienna, Austria) was a Catholic Cardinal of the nineteenth century in Austria and the Kingdom of Bohemia and a ...

(born Austria), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

(Austria) ( 835.09.231836.02.01 – retired 1850.05.20), created

of S. Agostino (1842.01.27 – death 1885.03.27), later

(1877.07.08 – 1885.03.27) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Petrus Franciscus Krejčí (1857.12.21 – death 1870.07.04), Titular Bishop of

Oropus Oropus or Oropos ( grc, ὁ Ὠρωπός, or rarely ἡ Ὠρωπός) was a town on the borders of ancient Attica and Boeotia, and the capital of a district, called after it Oropia (ἡ Ὠρωπία.) This district is a maritime plain, through ...

(1857.12.21 – 1870.07.04) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Franz Prucha (born Czech Republic) (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23), Titular Bishop of

Ioppe Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association w ...

(1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Carlo Schwarz (1884.03.27 – death 1891), Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis (1884.03.27 – 1891) # Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (brn Czech Republic), (1885.07.27 – death 1899.06.25), created

of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1889.12.30 – 1899.06.25); previously Bishop of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

(Czech Republic) (1883.09.28 – 1885.07.27) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous,

Redemptorists The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...

(C.SS.R.) (1891.10.01 – death 1907.09.19), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1891.10.01 – 1907.09.19) #

Lev Skrbenský z Hříště Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, german: Leo Skrbenský von Hříště, also spelt ''Skrebensky'' (12 June 1863, Hausdorf (now a part of Bartošovice), Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 24 December 1938, Dlouhá Loučka, Czechoslovakia) was a prominent C ...

(born Austria-Hungary) (1899.12.14 – 1916.05.05), created

of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1902.06.09 – death 1938.12.24), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Olmütz, Czech Republic) (Czech Republic) (1916.05.05 – retired 1920.07.06),

(1928.12.07 – 1938.12.24) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Venceslao Frind (born Czech Republic) (1901.07.15 – retired 1917), Titular Bishop of

Gadara Gadara ( el, Γάδαρα ''Gádara''), in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. Its ruins are today located at Umm ...

(1901.07.15 – death 1932.09.02) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Borgia Krásl (1901.07.27 – death 1907.07.27), Titular Bishop of Helenopolis (1901.07.27 – 1907.07.27) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Brusák (born Czech Republic) (1908.05.01 – death 1918.04.05), Titular Bishop of

Acmonia Acmonia or Akmonia ( grc, Ἀκμονία) is an ancient city of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Asia Minor, now known as Ahat Köyü. It is mentioned by Cicero (Pro Flacco, 15) and was a point on the road between Dorylaeum and Philadelphia. Under the R ...

(1908.05.01 – 1918.04.05) # Pavel Graf von Huyn (1916.10.04 – 1919.09.06, previously Bishop of Brno (Brün, Czech Republic) (1904.05.14 – retired 1916.10.04); emeritate first as

Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Sardica Serdika or Serdica ( Bulgarian: ) is the historical Roman name of Sofia, now the capital of Bulgaria. Currently, Serdika is the name of a district located in the city. It includes four neighbourhoods: "Fondovi zhilishta"; "Banishora", "Orlandov ...

(1919.09.06 – 1921.06.13), then as

Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria The Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria was a nominal Patriarchate of the Latin church on the see of Alexandria in Egypt.

(1921.06.13 – death 1946.10.01) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Glosauer (1917.07.07 – death 1926.06.09),

Hermopolis Magna Hermopolis ( grc, Ἑρμούπολις ''Hermoúpolis'' "the City of Hermes", also ''Hermopolis Magna'', ''Hermoû pólis megálẽ'', egy, ḫmnw , Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; cop, Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ''Shmun''; ar, الأشموني ...

(1917.07.07 – 1926.06.09) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Sedlák (1917.07.07 – death 1930.10.10), Titular Bishop of Tacapæ (1917.07.07 – 1930.10.10) #

František Kordač František Kordač (11 January 1852, Seletice – 26 April 1934, Prague- Zbraslav) was a Czech Roman Catholic clergyman. He was Archbishop of Prague The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The bishopric of Prague was establ ...

(1919.09.16 – retired 1931.07.12), emeritate as

of Amasea (1931.07.21 – 1934.04.26) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha (1920.03.08 – 1932.02.14), Titular Bishop of Paphus (1920.03.08 – death 1932.02.14) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – retired 1941), Titular Bishop of

Dadima Dadima was a town of Mesopotamia (Roman province), Mesopotamia, inhabited during Byzantine times. It became the seat of a Christian bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Its site is located nea ...

(1929.12.16 – death 1959.05.21) #

Karel Kašpar Karel Boromejský Kašpar (16 May 1870 – 21 April 1941) was a Czech Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. Biography Born in Mirošov ...

(born Austria-Hungary) (1931.10.22 – death 1941.04.21), created

of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1935.12.19 – 1941.04.21); previously

of Bethsaida (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13), succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – death 1935.08.20), Titular Bishop of

Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in ...

(1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – death 1961.02.22), Titular Bishop of

Zephyrium Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezi ...

(1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22) # Josef Beran (born Austria-Hungary) (1946.11.04 – 1969.05.17), created

of S. Croce in Via Flaminia (1965.02.25 – 1969.05.17), no previous prelature ## Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetán Matoušek (1949.08.29 – retired 1992.06.05), Titular Bishop of Serigene (1949.08.29 – death 1994.10.21) ##''

(sede plena until 1969.05.17)'' František Tomášek (1965.02.18 – 1977.12.30 ''see below''), created

of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1977.06.27 – 1992.08.04); previously Titular Bishop of

Butus The Diocese of Buto (Latin Butus, Greek Butos) is a former Christianity, Christian diocese and titular see of both the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Churches, with see in the Ancient City of Buto in the Ni ...

(1949.10.12 – 1977.06.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Archdiocese of Olomouc The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc ( cs, Arcidiecéze olomoucká, la, Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc. Special churches ...

(Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1949.10.12 – 1977.12.30) # František Tomášek (''see above'' 1977.12.30 – retired 1991.03.27), President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia (1990 – 1991.06.11); died 1992 ## Auxiliary Bishop: Jaroslav Škarvada (1982.12.18 – retired 2002.09.25),

(Leitomerschel, 1982.12.18 – death 2010.06.14) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška,

(C.SS.R.) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), next Bishop of

(Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1991.08.28 – retired 2002.09.25); died 2003 ## Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – death 1991.11.05), Titular Bishop of Novi (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05) ## Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Titular Bishop of Aggar (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1993.07.07); later Bishop of Plzeň (Pilsen, Czech Republic) (1993.05.31 – 2016.02.12) ## Auxiliary Bishop:

František Václav Lobkowicz Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie, Prince von Lobkowicz (5 January 1948 – 17 February 2022) was a Czech Roman Catholic prelate. Lobkowicz served as titular bishop ...

(O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30), Titular Bishop of

Catabum castra Catabum Castra was an ancient Roman town of North Africa during the Byzantine Empire, Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Djidioua in Algeria. Titular see of Catabum Castra During the Roman ...

(1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30); later first Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czech Republic) (1996.05.30 – ...), Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21) #

Miloslav Vlk Miloslav Vlk (; 17 May 1932 – 18 March 2017) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Prague from 1991 to 2010. He was made a cardinal in 1994. He was also the President of the Council of European Bishops' Con ...

(1991.03.27 – 13 February 2010), President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 2000.01.25), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1993.04.16 – 2001.05.31), created

of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18);, previously Bishop of

(Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27) ## Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour,

Capuchin Franciscans The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...

(O.F.M. Cap.) (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), later Coadjutor Bishop of

(Budweis) (Czech Republic) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25) succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01), died 2015 ## Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst,

Salesians , image = File:Stemma big.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = SDB , formation = , founder = John Bosco , founding_location = Valdocco, Turi ...

(S.D.B.) (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01), Titular Bishop of Siccesi (2002.02.19 – ...) #

Dominik Duka Dominik Jaroslav Duka O.P. (born 26 April 1943) is a Czech prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Prague from 2010 to 2022. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was bishop of Hradec Králové from 1998 to 2010. He was Spiritual Pro ...

Ordo Praedicatorum The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

(O.P.) (2010.02.13 – 2022.05.13) ## Auxiliary Bishop Václav Malý (1996.12.03 – ...), Titular Bishop of Marcelliana (1996.12.03 – ...) ## Auxiliary Bishop Zdeněk Wasserbauer (2018.01.23 – ...), Titular Bishop of

Buthrotum Butrint ( el, Βουθρωτόν and Βουθρωτός, ''Bouthrōtón'', la, Buthrōtum) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. "Speakers of these various Greek dialects settled different parts of Greece at differen ...

(2018.01.23 – ...) # Jan Graubner (2022.05.13 – ...)

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