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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava Opava

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Metropolitan
  
Olomouc

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
6,360 km²

Founded
  
1996

Bishop
  
František Lobkowicz

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
Jan Graubner

Country
  
Czech Republic

Patron saint
  
Hedwig of Silesia

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 1,313,000 429,000 (32.7%)

Co-cathedral
  
Konkatedrála Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, Opava (Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Divine Saviour

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (Latin: Ostravien(sis)-Opavien(sis) ) is a diocese located in the cities of Ostrava and Opava in the Ecclesiastical province of Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

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History

  • Before 1978 the territory was part of the Diocese of Wroclaw which, for the most time, comprised all Silesia.
  • 1978: The territory is part of the Archdiocese of Olomouc.
  • May 30, 1996: Established as Diocese of Ostrava – Opava from the Archdiocese of Olomouc which remains the metropolitan for the region.

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Bazilika Navštívení Panny Marie, Frýdek-Místek, Moravskoslezský kraj
    (Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Ostrava-Opava (Roman rite)
  • Bishop František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (since May 30, 1996)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava Wikipedia
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