The Apostolic Administration of ÄŒeský TěšÃn was a short-lived (1947–1978) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''ÄŒesko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
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History
* Established in 1947 as the
Apostolic Administration of
ÄŒeský TěšÃn
ÄŒeský TěšÃn (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants.
ÄŒeský TěšÃn lies on the west bank of the Olza (river), Olza river, in the heart of the historical ...
(named after the
Moravia
Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The medieval and early ...
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Silesia
Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...
n Region see, alias Teschen), on canonical territory split off from the German and then Polish
Archdiocese of Breslau, renamed as Archdiocese of Wrocław in 1972.
* Suppressed on 31 May 1978, its territory being merged into the Czech Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz, also Moravia).
Since 1996 its territory is part of the
Diocese of Ostrava-Opava.
Ordinaries
(both
Roman Rite
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;''Apostolic Administrators of ÄŒeský TěšÃn''
*
František Onderek (1947 – 24 October 1962)
*''Uncanonical'': AntonÃn Veselý (1962–1977)
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic
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List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
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List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
Sources and external links
GCatholic - data for all sections
Apostolic administrations
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Europe
Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses
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