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Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice

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Metropolitan
  
Prague

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
9,380 km²

Country
  
Czech Republic

Parishes
  
437

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+420 416 707 511

Bishop
  
Jan Baxant

Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 1,344,000 162,800 (12.1%)

Cathedral
  
Katedrála sv. Štěpána (Cathedral of St. Stephen)

Address
  
Dómské nám. 9, 412 88 Litoměřice, Czechia

Similar
  
Římskoka farnost ‑ arciděkan, Deník Litoměřicka, Kostel Nanebev Panny M, Archdioc of Prague, Kostel Apoštola Pavla

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice Latin: Litomericen(sis) is a diocese located in the city of Litoměřice in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic.

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History

  • July 3, 1655: Established as Diocese of Litoměřice from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazilika Panny Marie Bolestné, Krupka, Ústecký kraj
    (Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows)
  • Bazilika Panny Marie Pomocnice křesťanů, Jiříkov, Ústecký kraj
    (Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians)
  • Bazilika sv. Vavřince a sv. Zdislavy, Jablonné v Podještědí, Liberecký kraj
    (Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava)
  • Bazilika Všech svatých, Česká Lípa, Liberecký kraj
    (Basilica of All Saints)

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Litoměřice (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Jan Baxant (since 2008.10.04)
  • Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator since 2004.11.06)
  • Bishop Pavel Posád (2003.12.24 – 2008.01.26)
  • Bishop Josef Koukl (1989.07.26 – 2003.12.24)
  • Cardinal Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. (1947.09.27 – 1974.04.06)
  • Archbishop Antonín Alois Weber (1931.10.22 – 1947.03.10)
  • Bishop Josef Gross (1910.04.20 – 1931.01.20)
  • Bishop Emanuel Jan Schöbel (1882 – 1909.11.28)
  • Bishop Antonín Ludvík Frind (1879 – 1881.10.18)
  • Bishop Augustin Pavel Wahala (1866 – 1877.09.10)
  • Bishop Augustin Bartoloměj Hille (1832 – 1865.04.26)
  • Archbishop Vinzenz Eduard Milde (1823.01.16 – 1832.03.19)
  • Bishop Josef František Hurdálek (1815.12.18 – 1822.09.28)
  • Archbishop Václav Leopold Chlumčanský (1801.10.15 – 1815.03.15)
  • Bishop Ferdinand Kindermann (1790.02.04 – 1801.05.25)
  • Bishop Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (1759.07.19 – 1789.12.07)
  • Bishop Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz (1733.07.04 – 1759.06.20)
  • Bishop Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (1721.01.09 – 1733.06.02)
  • Bishop Hugo František von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1709.08.06 – 1720.09.06)
  • Bishop Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (1675.10.30 – 1709.04.12)
  • Bishop Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz (1655.07.02 – 1675.10.13)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice Wikipedia
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