Šimon Bárta (27 October 1864, Žimutice – 2 May 1940,

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) was a Czech Roman Catholic bishop.

Life

Bárta was ordained priest on 16 March 1889 in Rome. After acting as chaplain at Sedlice for a time, he worked as a

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in České Budějovice and

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. After the death of the previous bishop of České Budějovice, on 16 December 1920

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appointed Barta as his successor. He was consecrated bishop on 20 February 1921 in the cathedral at České Budějovice by František Kordač, bishop of Prague. In 1938 the

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removed

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from Czechoslovakia. Most of the Germans in that territory were initially managed via an Episcopal Commissariat and with effect from 1 January 1940 the parts of the diocese of České Budějovice lying across the border were divided between the German dioceses of Linz, St. Pölten, Passau and Regensburg, with their diocesan bishops acting as administrators for them. This effectively suspended the diocese of České Budějovice – after Bárta's death it remained vacant until 1947.

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External links

*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbarta.html *http://www.bcb.cz/Dieceze/Dieceze/Biskupove {{DEFAULTSORT:Barta, Simon 1864 births 1940 deaths People from České Budějovice District Bishops of České Budějovice Roman Catholic bishops in Czechoslovakia