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Country
  
Czech Republic

Area
  
8,590 km (3,320 sq mi)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Prague

Parishes
  
140

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 2,066,000 373,800 (18.1%)

Roman catholic archdiocese of prague


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (Czech: Arcidiecéze pražská, Latin: Archidioecesis Pragensis) is a Metropolitan Catholic archdiocese of the Latin Rite in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic.

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The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Bohemian and Czech capital of Prague, entirely situated inside the Prague Castle complex. Msgr Dominik Duka, O.P. is the current archbishop.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 558,000 Catholics (24.1% of 2,315,934 total) on 8,590 km² in 145 parishes and 34 missions with 340 priests (199 diocesan, 141 religious), 30 deacons, 538 lay religious (207 brothers, 331 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are :

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice (Budweis)
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice (Leitmeritz)
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň (Pilsen)

    • History

  • The diocese was founded in 973 as the Diocese of Prague, through the joint efforts of Duke Boleslav II of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperors Otto I and Otto II.
  • It lost territories in 1000 to establish the Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau, in Silesia, now Poland) and in 1063 to establish the then Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz, in Moravia, now also Metropolitan)
  • It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague on 30 April 1344, having lost territory again to establish the Diocese of Litomyšl (Leitomischl, Bohemia). The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the Manipulus florum of Thomas of Ireland.
  • Gained territory (back) in 1474 from the suppressed Diocese of Litomyšl
  • Lost territories repeatedly: on 1655.07.03 to establish Diocese of Litoměřice, on 1664.11.10 to establish Diocese of Hradec Králové, on 1785.09.20 to establish Diocese of České Budějovice and on 1993.05.31 to establish Diocese of Plzeň]], all four Bohemian and its suffragans.
  • It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II (1990.04, 1995.05, 1997.04) and Pope Benedict XVI in September 2009.

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

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    The names of the following list of bishops and archbishops of Prague are given in Czech, with English equivalent or otherwise as suitable.

    Suffragan Bishops of Prague
    1. Dětmar (Thietmar, Dietmar) (973 – death 2 January 982)
    2. St. Vojtěch (Adalbert of Prague, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (19 January 982 – 988 and (992 – 994), died 996
    3. Kristian (Strachkvas) 996 (died during consecration)
    4. Thiddag (998 – death 11 June 1017)
    5. Ekkhard (Ekkehard, Ekhard, Helicardus) (1017 – death 8 August 1023)
    6. Hyza (Hyzo, Hizzo, Izzo) (1023 – death 31 January 1030)
    7. Šebíř (Severus) (1030 – death 12 September 1067)
    8. Gebhart (Gebehard, Jaromír) (1068 – 1089)
    9. Kosmas (1090 – death 12 October 1098)
    10. Heřman (1099 – death 17 September 1122)
    11. Menhart (Meinhard) (1122 – death 3 September 1134)
    12. Jan I (John) (1134 – death 8 August 1139)
    13.  ? Silvestr (1139 – 1140 (abdicated)
    14. Ota (Otto) (1140 – death 10 July 1148)
    15. Daniel I (1148 – death 9 August 1167)
    16. Gotpold (Goltpold, Gothard, Hotart) (1168 – 1168.03.10 not possessed: died before installation
    17. Bedřich z Puttendorfu (1168 – death 31 July 1179)
    18. Valentin (Veliš, Vališ) (1179 – death 6 February 1182)
    19. Bretislaus III of Bohemia = Jindřich Břetislav (1182 – death 15 June 1197)
    20. Daniel II (Milík z Talmberka) (1197 – death 4 April 1214)
    21. Ondřej (1214 – death 30 July 1224)
    22. Pelhřim (Peregrin) z Vartenberka (1124 – 1125)
    23. Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav) (1225 – death 10 July 1226)
    24. Jan II (John) (1226 – death 17 August 1236)
    25. Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř ze Sulevic (1236 – death 12 September 1240)
    26. Mikuláš z Reisenburku/Rýzmburka (1240 – death 18 January 1258)
    27. Jan III (John) z Dražic (1258 – death 21 October 1278)
    28. Tobiáš z Bechyně (1278 – death 1 march 1296)
    29. Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka (1296 – death 6 September 1301)
    30. Jan IV (John) z Dražic (1301 – death 5 January 1343)
    31.  ? Jindřich Berka z Dubé (1333 – ?), previously Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz, Moravia, Czechia) (1327 – 1333)
    32.  ? Arnošt z Pardubic (Arnošt of Pardubice) (?1343 – ?1344 see below)
    Metropolitan Archbishops of Prague
    1. Arnošt z Pardubic (Arnošt of Pardubice) ?see above? (1344 – death 30 June 1364)
    2. Jan Očko z Vlašimi (1364.08.23 – retired 1379.03.06); previously Bishop of Olomouc (Moravia, Czechia) (1351.11.17 – 1364.08.23); created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1378.09.18 – death 1380.01.14)
    3. Jan z Jenštejna (John) (Johann von Jenstein) (1379.03.19 – 1396); previously Bishop of Meißen (Saxony, Germany) (1375.07.04 – 1379.03.19)
    4. Olbram (Volfram) ze Škvorce (1369 – death 1402.05.01)
    5. Mikuláš Puchník z Černic (1402 - 1402.09.19 not possessed : died before consecration)
    6. Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka (1403–1411)
    7. Sigismund Albicus (1411–1412)
    8. Conrad of Vechta = Konrád z Vechty (1413 – death 1421.12.24)
      1. sede vacante 1421–1561
      2. Apostolic Administrator Johann von Bucka (John), Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1421.08.13 – 1430.10.09), while Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1416.09.21] 1418.02.14 – 1430.10.09), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1426.05.27 – 1430.10.09), Apostolic Administrator of Vác (Hungary) (1429 – 1430.10.09); previously Bishop of Litomyšl (1392 – 1418.02.14), Apostolic Administrator of Litomyšl (1418.02.14 – 1420)
    BIOS TO ELABORATE
    1. Antonín Brus z Mohelnice 1561–1580
    2. Martin Medek z Mohelnice 1581–1590
    3. Zbyněk Berka z Dubé 1592–1606
    4. Karel Graf von Lamberk 1607–1612
    5. Johann Lohel 1612–1622
    6. Arnošt Vojtěch Graf von Harrach 1623–1667
    7. -style="font-style:italic;" Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667–1668 (died before consecration)
    8. Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka 1669–1675
    9. Jan Bedřich Graf von Waldstein 1675–1694
    10. Jan Josef Graf von Breuner 1695–1710
    11. Ferdinand Graf von Khünburg 1713–1731
    12. Daniel Josef Mayer z Mayernu 1732–1733
    13. -style="font-style:italic;" Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation)
    14. Johann Moriz Gustav Graf von Manderscheid–Blankenheim 1733–1763
    15. Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic 1764–1793
    16. Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm 1793–1810
    17. Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan 1815–1830
    18. Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat 1831–1833
    19. Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice 1834–1838
    20. Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk 1838–1849
    21. Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg 1849–1885
    22. Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn 1885–1899
    23. Lev Skrbenský z Hříště 1899–1916
    24. Pavel Graf von Huyn 1916–1919
    25. František Kordač 1919–1931
    26. Karel Kašpar 1931–1941
    27. Josef Beran 1946–1969
    28. František Tomášek 1977–1991
    29. Miloslav Vlk 1991-2010
    30. Dominik Duka, Ordo Praedicatorum (O.P.) 2010– ...

    Auxiliary episcopate

    TO ELABORATE AND WORK-IN ABOVE

  • Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst, S.D.B. (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Jaroslav Škarvada (1982.12.18 – 2002.09.25)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetán Matoušek (1949.08.29 – 1992.06.05)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – 1941)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha (1920.03.08 – 1932.02.14)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Sedlák (1917.07.07 – 1930.10.10)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Glosauer (1917.07.07 – 1926.06.09)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Brusák (1908.05.01 – 1918.04.05)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Borgia Krásl (1901.07.27 – 1907.07.27)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Venceslao Frind (1901.07.15 – 1917)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous, C.SS.R. (1891.10.01 – 1907.09.19)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Carlo Schwarz (1884.03.27 – 1891)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Franz Prucha (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Petrus Franciscus Krejčí (1857.12.21 – 1870.07.04)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Franciszek de Paula Pisztek (later Archbishop) (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky (later Archbishop) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (1733.03.05 – 1759.01.21)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Daniel Joseph Mayer (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.E.S.A. (1669.09.09 – 1674.11.22)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague Wikipedia
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