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Archbishop Of Prague
The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The bishopric of Prague was established in 973, and elevated to an archbishopric on 30 April 1344. The current Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague is the continual successor of the bishopric established in 973 (with a 140-year sede vacante in the Hussite era). In addition, the city also has an Eastern Orthodox archeparchy (archbishopric), Greek Catholic exarchate and the Prague diocese and patriarchate of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church seat in Prague. Bishops of Prague The names are given in 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, some time before the East–West Schism, with its centre in Moravia. The current Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church comes from the Czech Orthodox clubs and partly arose from the early Czechoslovak Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full Priest#Christianity, priesthood given by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Josef Krakovský Z Kolovrat
Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat or Krakowský z Kolowrat () (21 January 1759 – 28 March 1833) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1831 to 1833. Biography Krakowsky was born in Prague in 1759. into the House of Kolowrat-Krakowsky, a branch of the House of Kolowrat, as the son of Count Prokop Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1718-1774) by his second wife, Countess Maria Anna Margaret Ogilvy (1725-1810). He was ordained a priest on his twenty-second birthday, 21 January 1781. In 1800, he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of Olomouc in Moravia, as well as titular bishop of Sarepta. It was fifteen years before he was appointed bishop of Hradec Králové. He remained in this capacity until 28 February 1831 when he was appointed archbishop of Prague. Exactly two years and a month later, he died at the age of 74. His remains are buried in St. Vitus Cathedral. References External links Archbishop Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat profile at Catholic-HierarchyBiographical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Adalbert Von Harrach
Count Ernst Adalbert of Harrach (; ; 4 November 1598 – 25 October 1667) was an Austrians, Austrian Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal who was appointed Archbishop of Prague and Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Prince-Bishop of Trento. Life Early life Ernst Adalbert of Harrach was born 4 November 1598 in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire as the son of Count Karl von Harrach and Maria Elisabeth von Schrattenbach. He was educated by Nikolaus Walther and was later, thanks to his family's connection to Italian nobility, Italian aristocratic families including the House of Borghese, Borghese and Barberini, admitted to the Collegio Teutonico in 1616. In 1621 he was ordained a priest at age 22. He became Archbishop of Prague in 1623. As primate to the Kingdom of Bohemia Adalbert von Harrach was arrested at his palace when the Swedish took over a section of Prague in the precursor conflict to the Battle of Prague (1648), Battle of Prague and lost a significant part of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a domestic in the Norbertine Teplá Abbey (), but was allowed to follow the classes in the abbey school; he soon surpassed his fellow students, and in 1573 received the Norbertine habit. After a two-years novitiate, Lohelius went to study philosophy at Prague. He was ordained in 1576 and was recalled to the abbey. He gave a course of sermons at Tepl, with whom he reconverted many Lutherans back to Catholicism. In 1579 he became prior of Mount Sion Abbey, at Strahov. The abbot and he strove, with some success, to lift the abbey out of the unfortunate state into which it had fallen. Lohelius was soon called back to Tepl. However, he was in 1583 allowed to resume the office of prior of Strahov. Archbishop of Prague Lohelius was elected ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbyněk Berka Z Dubé
Zbyněk () is a Czech masculine given name. The Polish equivalent is Zbigniew. Notable people with the name include: * Zbyněk Zajíc (1376–1411), Czech nobleman * Zbyněk Berka z Dubé (1551–1606), Catholic Cleric, cardinal, the tenth Archbishop of Prague * Zbyněk Brynych (1927–1995), Czech film director and screenwriter * Zbyněk Busta (born 1967), Czech football manager * Zbyněk Drda (born 1987), Czech singer * Zbyněk Fiala (born 1964), Czech cyclist * Zbyněk Hampl (born 1988), Czech ice hockey player * Zbyněk Hauzr (born 1973), Czech football goalkeeper *Zbyněk Hejda (1930–2013), Czech poet, essayist and translator * Zbyněk Hráček (born 1970), Czech International Grandmaster of chess * Zbyněk Hrdel (born 1985), Czech ice hockey player * Zbyněk Hubač (born 1940), Czechoslovak ski jumper * Zbyněk Irgl (born 1980), Czech professional ice hockey player * Zbyněk Krompolc (born 1978), Czech ski jumper * Zbyněk Mařák (born 1971), Czech professional ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Brus Of Mohelnice
Antonín Brus of Mohelnice (, ; 13 February 1518 – 28 August 1580) was a Moravian Archbishop of Prague. Life Brus was born on 13 February 1518 in Mohelnice in Moravia. After receiving his education at Prague he joined the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, an ecclesiastical order established in Bohemia in the thirteenth century. After his ordination to the priesthood Emperor Ferdinand I appointed him chaplain of the Austrian army, in which capacity he served during the Turkish war (1542–45). He was elected Grand Master General of his order in 1552, when he was only 34 years of age. In 1558 he became Bishop of Vienna; in 1561 the emperor made him Archbishop of Prague, a see which had remained vacant since 1421 when Archbishop Conrad abandoned his flock and entered the Hussite camp. During the intervening years the archdiocese was governed by administrators elected by the cathedral chapter. Before Archbishop Brus took possession of his see, Emperor Ferdinand I, who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Of Vechta
Conrad of Vechta (Czech ''Konrád z Vechty''; German ''Konrad von Vechta'') (born , possibly in Bremen; died 24 December 1431 in Roudnice nad Labem) was Diocese of Verden, Bishop of Verden (1400–1402/1407), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc, Bishop of Olomouc (1408–1413), Archbishop of Prague (1413–1421), and Master of the Mint (1401–1403) and Chancellor (1405–1412) of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Before episcopate It is not certain whether Conrad was a member of the Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician family named von Vechta, living as successful merchants in Bremen, where family members also held positions in the city government, or if Conrad was born in Vechta and therefore epithetised von Vechta in German.Václav Bartunek, "Konrad von Vechta", in: #References, see references for bibliographical details, vol. 12, pp. 551seq., here p. 551. However, his brother Konstantin von Vechta held a canonicate at Bremen Cathedral as provost (religion), cathedral prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigismund Albicus
Sigismund Albicus () (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 degree in medicine in 1387. Desiring to pursue the study of civil and canon law with more profit, he went to Italy and received the Doctor's degree in 1404, at Padua. On his return to Prague, he taught medicine for twenty years in the university. He was appointed physician-in-chief to Wenceslaus IV, who recommended him as successor to the archdiocese of Prague, on the death of its incumbent in 1409. The canons appointed him to the position, although reluctantly. Albicus held it only four years, and when he resigned, in 1413, Conrad of Vechta was elected in his place. Albicus later received the Priory of Vyšehrad and the title of Archbishop of Caesarea. He was accused of favouring the new doctrines of Jan Hus and John Wycliffe. He retired to Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbyněk Zajíc Of Hazmburk
Zbyněk Zajíc of Hazmburk or of Hasenburg (; c. 1376 – 28 September 1411) was a Czech nobleman, and an important representative of the Roman Catholic Church in the Crown of Bohemia. He was the 5th Archbishop of Prague 1403–1411, succeeding Olbram of Škvorec. While he was initially a supporter of Czech religious reformer Jan Hus, he later strongly opposed his views and reformatory effort. Life and career Zbyněk Zajíc came from the influential Czech noble house of Zajíc of Hazmburk. He was born in 1376 (some say 1375) as the oldest son of Vilém Zajíc of Hazmburk and Anna of Slavětín and Libochovice. He had five brothers and four sisters. Between 1395 and 1400 he possessed a sixth of the Hazmburk Castle. Zbyněk was a knight, capable leader, and military adviser to the Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV. Originally at the court of Wenceslaus, he then moved to position as provost at Mělník, in 1390 (at the age of 15). He was a military leader, as he led, on the King's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Of Jenštejn
Jan z Jenštejna (1348 – 17 June 1400) was a Bohemian archbishop, composer and poet. From 1379 to 1396 he was the Archbishop of Prague. He studied in Bologna, Padova, Montpellier and Paris. Life and career Born in 1348 in Prague, to Paul of Jenštejn, a Bohemian esquire who was chief notary for Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. he became the owner of the castle Hrádek in 1379. The same year he succeeded to the archbishopric of his uncle Jan Očko z Vlašimi who had stepped down. Soon he became Chancellor to Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. The next year the capital was struck by a Plague epidemic, which struck him as well. He recovered, but this episode left deep scars on his character and he began to examine theological and philosophical problems at his castle Helfenburk u Úštěka. He had abandoned public life because of a quarrel with Wenceslav IV, which was mainly over the matter of the Popes of Avignon. Jan was still loyal to Pope Urban VI, to whom the king was not. In 138 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Očko Of Vlašim
Jan Očko of Vlašim (; Jan VIII as the Bishop of Olomouc) (? – died 1380), from the family of the House of Vlašim, was the second Archbishop of Prague (1364–1378). He was the uncle to his successor Jan of Jenštejn. Biography Early life It is not known when he was born. His father was Jan of Kamenice, the secretary of the King John of Bohemia. His brothers were Michael of Vlašim, Burgrave of Svojanov, and Pavel of Vlašim and Jenštejn, Grand Chamberlain. Bishop As of 1351, Jan Očko was the Bishop of Olomouc. His coat of arms was that of bishop and silver two Vulture heads gules (common with of Vlašim and Jenštejn). At that time, he became an advisor to Charles IV. He later accompanied Charles IV on his way to Italy in 1355. On 12 July 1364, he became the Archbishop of Prague, succeeding the dead Arnošt of Pardubice. In 1368, he was regent of the Kingdom of Bohemia. He consecrated the Church of Saint Thomas in Brno (13 March 1356) and the Emmaus monastery in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
