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located in the city of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

in the

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in the Czech Republic.

History

* November 10, 1664: Established as Diocese of Hradec Králové from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha * On 28 June 1972

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

– by his Apostolic constitution '' Episcoporum Poloniae coetus'' – redrew boundaries of a number of Polish – and their adjacent Czech and German – dioceses, disentangling the

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area from the Diocese of Hradec Králové and assigning it to the neighbouring

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.Paulus VI: Const. Apost.
Episcoporum Poloniae coetus
', AAS 64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657seq.

Leadership

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s of Hradec Králové (Roman rite) ** Bishop Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg,

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(10 November 1664 – 11 March 1669), appointed Archbishop of Prague ** Bishop

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(16 June 1668 – 2 December 1675), appointed Archbishop of Prague ** Bishop

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(15 January 1676 – 3 April 1698) ** Bishop Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow (23 September 1698 – 18 September 1701) ** Bishop Tobias Johannes Becker (24 November 1701 – 11 September 1710) ** Bishop

Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(12 November 1710 – 24 September 1721), appointed Bishop of Litomerice ** Bishop

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(9 January 1721 – 26 March 1731) ** Bishop

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(8 October 1731 – 1 October 1733), appointed Bishop of Litomerice ** Bishop

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(6 July 1733 – 11 September 1753) ** Archbishop (personal title)

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(29 September 1753 – 26 October 1763), succeeded as Archbishop of Prague ** Bishop

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(5 November 1763 – 17 October 1774) ** Bishop

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(14 May 1775 – 5 May 1776) ** Bishop (15 July 1776 – 1 January 1780), appointed Bishop of Seckau, Austria; future Archbishop ** Bishop

Johann Leopold Ritter von Hay Johann Leopold Hay (22 April 1735, Fulnek – 1 June 1794, Chrast) was Bishop of Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Kr� ...

(29 July 1780 – 1 June 1794) ** Bishop Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1 July 1795 – 26 November 1811), appointed Archbishop of Olomouc (Cardinal in 1816) ** Bishop

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(15 March 1815 – 28 February 1831), appointed Archbishop of Prague ** Bishop Karel Boromejský Hanl z Kirchtreu (24 February 1832 – 1874) ** Bishop Josef Jan Hais (5 July 1875 – 27 October 1892) ** Bishop Eduard Jan Brynyck (19 January 1893 – 20 November 1902) ** Bishop Josef Doubrava (22 June 1903 – 22 February 1921) ** Bishop Karel Kašpar (13 June 1921 – 22 October 1931), appointed Archbishop of Prague (

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in 1935) ** Bishop Maurizio Picha (22 October 1931 – 12 November 1956) ** Bishop Karel Otcenášek (Apostolic Administrator 30 March 1950 – 21 December 1989); ''see below'' ** Bishop Karel Otcenášek (21 December 1989 – 6 June 1998); ''see above''; became an Archbishop later in 1998 ** Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (6 June 1998 – 13 February 2010), appointed Archbishop of Prague (Cardinal in 2012) ** Bishop

Jan Vokál Jan Vokal (born 25 September 1958) is the current Bishop of Hradec Králové since his installation on 14 May 2011. He had previously served as an official in the Secretariat of State. Vokál was born in 1958 at Hlinsko ( Pardubice Region). H ...

(3 March 2011 – )

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hradec Kralove Roman Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic Religious organizations established in the 1660s 1664 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Hradec Králové Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century

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