Vlastimil Kročil (born 10 May 1961 in

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

) is a Czech Roman Catholic clergyman and the Bishop of Budweis.

Life

After graduating in 1986 he was rejected three times for the Theological Faculty in

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. He moved to Italy, where he studied at the

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(1988-1993) and the

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(1993-1996). He was ordained priest on 16 July 1994 and named Bishop of Budweis on 19 March 2015 by

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