Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague

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Ecclesiastical province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň

  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 was a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mainz
• It lost territories in 1000 to establish the Diocese of Wrocław and in 1063 to establish the then Diocese of Olomouc
• It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague on 30 April 1344, having lost territory again to establish the Diocese of Litomyšl. The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the Manipulus florum of Thomas of Ireland.
• Gained territory in 1474 from the suppressed Diocese of Litomyšl
• Lost territories repeatedly: on 1655.07.03 to establish the 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 and Pope Benedict XVI in September 2009.

  Episcopal ordinaries

1. Dětmar
2. St. Vojtěch , died 996
3. Kristian
4. Thiddag
5. Ekkhard
6. Hyza
7. Šebíř
8. Gebhart
9. Kosmas
10. Heřman
11. Menhart
12. Jan I
13. ? Silvestr
14. Daniel I
15. Gotpold
16. Bedřich z Puttendorfu
17. Valentin
18. Bretislaus III of Bohemia = Jindřich Břetislav
19. Daniel II
20. Ondřej
21. Pelhřim z Vartenberka
22. Budilov
23. Jan II
24. Bernhard Kaplíř ze Sulevic
25. Mikuláš z Reisenburku/Rýzmburka
26. Jan III z Dražic
27. Tobiáš z Bechyně
28. Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka
29. Jan IV z Dražic
30. ? Jindřich Berka z Dubé, previously Bishop of Olomouc
31. ? Arnošt z Pardubic

1. Arnošt z Pardubic see above?
2. Jan Očko z Vlašimi ; previously Bishop of Olomouc ; created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli
3. Jan z Jenštejna ; previously Bishop of Meißen
4. Olbram ze Škvorce
5. Mikuláš Puchník z Černic
6. Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka
7. Sigismund Albicus
8. Conrad of Vechta = Konrád z Vechty
9. # sede vacante 1421–1561
10. # Apostolic Administrator Johann von Bucka, Norbertines , while Bishop of Olomouc, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane, Apostolic Administrator of Vác ; previously Bishop of Litomyšl, Apostolic Administrator of Litomyšl
11. Antonín Brus z Mohelnice, also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star ; previously Bishop of Wien
12. Martin Medek z Mohelnice, also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
13. Zbyněk Berka z Dubé , also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
14. Karel Graf von Lamberk = Karl z Lamberka, also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
15. Johann Lohel = Jan Lohelius, also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
16. Ernst Adalbert = Arnošt Vojtěch, Graf von Harrach , also Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli, also Bishop of Trento , transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
17. # Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, Norbertines , Titular Bishop of Trapezus
18. # Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti, Titular Bishop of Sebastia
19. # Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti , Titular Bishop of Constantia
20. # Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick, Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris
21. Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668
22. Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek z Bílenberka, O.S.B., previously Bishop of Hradec Králové
23. # Auxiliary Bishop: Otto Reinhold Andrimont, Augustinians , Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea antea Sepphoris
24. Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein, Knights of the Cross with the Red Star , previously Bishop of Hradec Králové , and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
25. # Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B., Titular Bishop of Selymbria
26. # Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky , Titular Bishop of Milevum
27. # Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel , Titular Bishop of Hierapolis
28. Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner , previously Titular Bishop of Nicopolis as Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc
29. Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg, previously Bishop of Ljubljana
30. Daniel Josef Mayer , previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague
31. Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733
32. Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim, previously Bishop of Wiener Neustadt
33. # Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck , Titular Bishop of Adraha
34. # Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic, Titular Bishop of Mennith
35. # Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun, Titular Bishop of Callinicum
36. # Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein , Titular Bishop of Amyclae ; later Bishop of Litoměřice
37. # Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser, Titular Bishop of Themiscyra ; later Bishop of Hradec Králové
38. Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz ; previously Titular Archbishop of Hemesa as Coadjutor Archbishop of Praha and Archbishop-Bishop of Diocese of Hradec Králové
39. # Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler, Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
40. # Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy, Titular Bishop of Hippo Zarytus
41. # Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer, Titular Bishop of Antipatris
42. # Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger, Titular Bishop of Tiberias
43. Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm , previously Bishop of Tournai
44. # Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky , Titular Bishop of Cydonia ; later Bishop of Litoměřice , Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha
45. # Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Ján Baptist Richlowsky, Titular Bishop of Thermæ
46. Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan
47. # Auxiliary Bishop: František de Paula Pištěk, Titular Bishop of Azotus ; later Bishop of Tarnów , Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov
48. Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat = Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat , previously Titular Bishop of Sarepta as Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc , Bishop of Hradec Králové
49. # Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann, Titular Bishop of Satala
50. Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice = Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz , previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv
51. Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk = Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk , previously Titular Bishop of Ptolemais as Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc
52. Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg, previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino, later Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
53. # Auxiliary Bishop: Petrus Franciscus Krejčí, Titular Bishop of Oropus
54. # Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Franz Prucha , Titular Bishop of Ioppe
55. # Auxiliary Bishop: Carlo Schwarz, Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis
56. Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn,, created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo ; previously Bishop of České Budějovice
57. # Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous, Redemptorists , Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
58. Lev Skrbenský z Hříště , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc , Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
59. # Auxiliary Bishop: Venceslao Frind , Titular Bishop of Gadara
60. # Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Borgia Krásl, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis
61. # Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Brusák , Titular Bishop of Acmonia
62. Pavel Graf von Huyn ; emeritate first as Titular Archbishop of Sardica, then as Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
63. # Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Glosauer, Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Magna
64. # Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Sedlák, Titular Bishop of Tacapæ
65. František Kordač, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Amasea
66. # Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha, Titular Bishop of Paphus
67. # Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger, Titular Bishop of Dadima
68. Karel Kašpar , created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio ; previously Titular Bishop of Bethsaida as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Hradec Králové , succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové
69. # Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal, Titular Bishop of Salona
70. # Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner, Titular Bishop of Zephyrium
71. Josef Beran , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia, no previous prelature
72. # Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetán Matoušek, Titular Bishop of Serigene
73. # Apostolic Administrator František Tomášek, created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio ; previously Titular Bishop of Butus as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Olomouc
74. František Tomášek, President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia ; died 1992
75. # Auxiliary Bishop: Jaroslav Škarvada, Titular Bishop of Litomyšl
76. # Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška, Redemptorists , Titular Bishop of Vergi, next Bishop of České Budějovice ; died 2003
77. # Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda, Titular Bishop of Novi
78. # Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský, Titular Bishop of Aggar, Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference ; later Bishop of Plzeň
79. # Auxiliary Bishop: František Václav Lobkowicz, Norbertines , Titular Bishop of Catabum castra ; later first Bishop of Ostrava–Opava , Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference
80. Miloslav Vlk, President of Czech Bishops’ Conference, President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme ;, previously Bishop of České Budějovice
81. # Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour, Capuchin Franciscans , Titular Bishop of Ausuccura, later Coadjutor Bishop of České Budějovice succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice , died 2015
82. # Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst, Salesians , Titular Bishop of Siccesi
83. Dominik Duka, Ordo Praedicatorum
84. # Auxiliary Bishop Václav Malý, Titular Bishop of Marcelliana