Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague

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Archdiocese of Prague

Archidioecesis Pragensis

Arcibiskupství pražské
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The Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (

archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic
.

The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Bohemian and Czech capital Prague, entirely situated inside the Prague Castle complex. Jan Graubner is the current archbishop.

Ecclesiastical province

Its

suffragan
sees are :

History

Episcopal ordinaries

An aerial view of St. Vitus Cathedral

.

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 (
    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 – abdication 1140
  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
    , Czech Republic) (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. Ss. XII Apostoli
    (1378.09.18 – death 1380.01.14)
  3. 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. Litomyšl
      (1418.02.14 – 1420)
  9. Wien
    (Vienna, Austria) (1558 – 1563)
  10. Martin Medek z Mohelnice (1581 – death 1590.02.02), also
    Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
  11. Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
  12. Karel Graf von Lamberk = Karl z Lamberka (1607 – 1612), also
    Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
  13. Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
  14. Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
    (1667.07.18 – 1667.10.25)
    1. Norbertines (O. Praem.) (born Czech Republic) (1644.04.18 – death 1653.08.23), Titular Bishop of Trapezus
      (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop:
      Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?), Titular Bishop of Sebastia
      (1654.06.22 – ?)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (born Italy) (1663.04.23 – death 1664.03.09), Titular Bishop of Constantia (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09)
    4. Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?), Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris (1667.02.07 – ?)
  15. Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668 (died before consecration)
  16. Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka, O.S.B. (1669.03.11 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Otto Reinhold Andrimont, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1669.09.09 – 1674.11.22), Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea antea Sepphoris
      (1669.09.09 – ?)
  17. Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich
    Reichsgraf von Waldstein, Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (O. Cr.) (born Austria) (1675.12.02 – death 1694.06.03), previously Bishop of Hradec Králové
    (Czech Republic) ([1668.06.16] 1673.11.27 – 1675.12.02), and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1668 – 1694.06.03)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – death 1679.01.25?), Titular Bishop of Selymbria
      (1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (born Czech Republic) (1679.04.10 – death 1701.01.10), Titular Bishop of Milevum (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (born Czech Republic) (1701.01.03 – death 1711.03.09), Titular Bishop of Hierapolis (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09)
  18. Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1695.07.04 – death 1710.03.20) (born Austria), previously
    Olomouc
    (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04)
  19. Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg (1711.05.11 – death 1731.08.07), previously Bishop of
    Ljubljana (Slovenia
    ) (1701.07.18 – 1711.05.11)
  20. Daniel Josef Mayer (z Mayernu) (born Czech Republic) ([1731.11.04] 1732.05.07 – death 1733.04.10), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07)
  21. Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation)
  22. Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733.12.18 – death 1763.10.26), previously Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1721.06.18] 1721.08.03 – 1733.12.18)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (born Czech Republic) (1733.03.05 – death 1759.01.21), Titular Bishop of Adraha
      (1729.02.07 – 1759.01.21)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – death 1755.05.16), Titular Bishop of Mennith
      (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – death 1757.02.07), Titular Bishop of
      Callinicum
      (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07)
    4. Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (born Czeachie) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28), Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28); later Bishop of Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1759.07.19] 1760.01.28 – death 1789.12.07)
    5. Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17), Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17); later Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1775.05.14] 1775.07.17 – death 1776.05.05)
  23. Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (born Czech Republic) (1763.10.26 – death 1793.04.14); previously Titular Archbishop of
    Diocese of Hradec Králové
    (Czech Republic) ([1753.09.29] 1754.01.14 – 1763.10.26)
    1. Lycopolis
      (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – death 1779.03.22), Titular Bishop of
      Hippo Zarytus
      (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – death 1781.06.27), Titular Bishop of Antipatris (1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27)
    4. Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – death 1792.12.27), Titular
      Bishop of Tiberias
      (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27)
  24. Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm (born Belgium) (1793.09.23 – death 1810.09.14), previously Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) ([1776.01.30] 1776.05.20 – 1793.09.23)
    1. Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29); later Bishop of Litoměřice
      (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1801.10.15] 1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (see below)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop:
      Bishop-elect
      Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?), Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1808.01.11 – ?)
  25. Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan (see above ([1814.12.30]1815.03.15 – death 1830.06.14)
    1. František de Paula Pištěk (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24), Titular Bishop of Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24); later Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov (Lviv, Ukraine
      ) (1835.07.24 – death 1846.02.01)
  26. Hradec Králové
    (Czech Republic) (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – death 1857.06.20), Titular Bishop of Satala
      (1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20)
  27. Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice = Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (born Poland) (1833.09.30 – death 1838.03.26), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Lvov, Ukraine) (1815.03.25 – 1833.09.30)
  28. Olomouc
    (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17)
  29. Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
    (1877.07.08 – 1885.03.27)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Petrus Franciscus Krejčí (1857.12.21 – death 1870.07.04), Titular Bishop of Oropus
      (1857.12.21 – 1870.07.04)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Franz Prucha (born Czech Republic) (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23), Titular Bishop of
      Ioppe
      (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Carlo Schwarz (1884.03.27 – death 1891), Titular Bishop of
      Anastasiopolis
      (1884.03.27 – 1891)
  30. Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1889.12.30 – 1899.06.25); previously Bishop of České Budějovice
    (Czech Republic) (1883.09.28 – 1885.07.27)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1891.10.01 – death 1907.09.19), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
      (1891.10.01 – 1907.09.19)
  31. Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals
    (1928.12.07 – 1938.12.24)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Venceslao Frind (born Czech Republic) (1901.07.15 – retired 1917), Titular Bishop of Gadara
      (1901.07.15 – death 1932.09.02)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Borgia Krásl (1901.07.27 – death 1907.07.27), Titular Bishop of
      Helenopolis
      (1901.07.27 – 1907.07.27)
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Brusák (born Czech Republic) (1908.05.01 – death 1918.04.05), Titular Bishop of Acmonia (1908.05.01 – 1918.04.05)
  32. Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
    (1921.06.13 – death 1946.10.01)
    1. Hermopolis Magna
      (1917.07.07 – 1926.06.09)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Sedlák (1917.07.07 – death 1930.10.10), Titular Bishop of
      Tacapæ
      (1917.07.07 – 1930.10.10)
  33. Amasea
    (1931.07.21 – 1934.04.26)
    1. Paphus
      (1920.03.08 – death 1932.02.14)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – retired 1941), Titular Bishop of Dadima (1929.12.16 – death 1959.05.21)
  34. Titular Bishop of Bethsaida (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Hradec Králové
    (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13), succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22)
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – death 1935.08.20), Titular Bishop of Salona
      (1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – death 1961.02.22), Titular Bishop of
      Zephyrium
      (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22)
  35. Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia
    (1965.02.25 – 1969.05.17), no previous prelature
    1. Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetán Matoušek (1949.08.29 – retired 1992.06.05), Titular Bishop of Serigene
      (1949.08.29 – death 1994.10.21)
    2. Butus (1949.10.12 – 1977.06.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Olomouc
      (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1949.10.12 – 1977.12.30)
  36. František Tomášek (see above 1977.12.30 – retired 1991.03.27), President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia (1990 – 1991.06.11); died 1992
    1. Titular Bishop of Litomyšl
      (Leitomerschel, 1982.12.18 – death 2010.06.14)
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), next Bishop of České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1991.08.28 – retired 2002.09.25); died 2003
    3. Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – death 1991.11.05), Titular Bishop of
      Novi
      (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05)
    4. Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Titular Bishop of Aggar (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1993.07.07); later Bishop of Plzeň (Pilsen, Czech Republic) (1993.05.31 – 2016.02.12)
    5. Auxiliary Bishop:
      Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30), Titular Bishop of Catabum castra (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30); later first Bishop of Ostrava–Opava
      (Czech Republic) (1996.05.30 – ...), Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21)
  37. S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18);, previously Bishop of České Budějovice
    (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27)
    1. Coadjutor Bishop of České Budějovice
      (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25) succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01), died 2015
    2. Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst,
      Salesians (S.D.B.) (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01), Titular Bishop of Siccesi
      (2002.02.19 – ...)
  38. Ordo Praedicatorum
    (O.P.) (2010.02.13 – 2022.05.13)
    1. Marcelliana
      (1996.12.03 – ...)
    2. Buthrotum
      (2018.01.23 – ...)
  39. Jan Graubner (2022.05.13 – ...)

Patron saints

Patron saints of the Archdiocese of Prague include: Adalbert of Prague (primary), Vitus, John of Nepomuk and Wenceslaus.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bohemia to the Extinction of the Premyslids, Kamil Krofta, Cambridge Medieval History:Victory of the Papacy, Vol. VI, ed. J.R. Tanner, C.W. Previte-Orton and Z.N. Brooke, (Cambridge University Press, 1957), 432.
  2. ^ Westermann (publisher), 'Die Bistümer Mittleeuropas' [bishoprics of central Europe] in Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, p. 89
  3. ^ Clarke (2004), ODNB.
  • "Biskupové". Historie arcidiecéze (in Czech). Arcibiskupství pražské. Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
  • Clark, James G. (2004). "Hibernicus, Thomas (c.1270–c.1340)".
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27206. Retrieved 2009-06-12. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)

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