The Diocese of České Budějovice () is a
Latin
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diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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. It is situated almost entirely in
Bohemia
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, with only small eastern section in
Moravia
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The medieval and early ...
. The diocese was founded on 20 September 1785, and its area is 12 500 km
2.
Jan Prokop Schaaffgotsche
Jan Prokop Schaaffgotsche (; fully with all titles ''Johann Prokop Graf von Schaffgotsch Freiherr von Kynast und Greiffenstein''; 22 May 1748, Prague – 8 May 1813, České Budějovice) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop. He was an auxiliar ...
was its first diocesan bishop and
Vlastimil Kročil is its current bishop.
Statistics
*Area:
*Residents/Catholics: 760,000/220,000
*Divisions: 11
vicarates, 361
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
es
See also
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List of bishops of České Budějovice
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Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II
The reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II was an issue faced by Pope Pius XII of whether to extend the apostolic authority of Catholic Church, Catholic bishops from Nazi Germany and Italian Fascism, Fascist Italy to German-occupi ...
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St. Catherine of Boletice
St. Catherine of Boletice is an excellent carving from the late phase of the Beautiful style (1400-1410), which comes from a Prague workshop. It is on display in the permanent exhibition of the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou. ...
References
External links
Official Website of diocese(Czech)
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Ceske Budejovice
Ceske
České Budějovice
Religious organizations established in 1785