Antonín Eltschkner (4 June 1880,

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– 22 February 1961,

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) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, most notable for his involvement in the development of

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. He was

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of the Metropolitan Chapter of St Vitus and auxiliary bishop of Prague from 1933. He was also

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of the

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from January to July 1931.Stanislav Balík, Jiří Hanuš: Katolická církev v Československu 1945-1989 (The Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1989); Center for Studies, Brno 2007, (p. 82). He was appointed

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in 1940, but this was prevented by the

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and was abandoned after the end of

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, when Josef Hlouch was appointed instead.

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*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/belts.html 1880 births 1961 deaths People from Polička Bishops of České Budějovice Czech Esperantists Roman Catholic bishops in Czechoslovakia {{Czech-bio-stub