Olomouc (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jan Graubner, Archbishop
Josef Hrdlička, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 5 December 1777
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Czech Republic
Square Kilometers: 10,088 (3,896 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.ado.cz/
Mailing Address: Biskupske namesti 2, p. schr. 193, 771 01 Olomouc, Ceska Republika
Telephone: (068)550.04.01
Fax: 522.22.44

Historical Details

Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
- Latin Name: Olomucensis
- Erected: 1063
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
- Country: Czech Republic

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ladislas Laczko de Krawaz † (20 May 1403 Ordained Bishop - 1408 Died)
Paulus von Milicz † (25 Jan 1435 Appointed - 2 May 1450 Died)
Ján Haz † (8 Jul 1450 Appointed - 19 May 1554 Died)
Bohuslas von Zwole † (16 Aug 1454 Appointed - 31 Jul 1457 Died)
Protasius von Czernahora † (27 Jul 1459 Appointed - 25 Aug 1482 Died)
Johann Filipec † ( 1484 Appointed - 1490 Died)
Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní † (8 Feb 1493 Appointed - 30 Jan 1497 Resigned)
Stanislav Thurzó † ( 1497 Appointed - 1540 Died)
Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína † ( 1540 Appointed - 1541 Died)
Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště (Dubravius) † ( 1541 Appointed - 1553 Died)
Marek Khuen z Olomouce † ( 1553 Appointed - 1565 Died)
Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova † (13 Apr 1565 Appointed - 16 Jun 1572 Died)
Johann Grodecký † (19 Nov 1572 Appointed - 1 Jan 1574 Died)
Thomas Albin von Helfenburg † (8 Oct 1574 Appointed - 10 Mar 1575 Died)
Johann Mezon von Telz † (4 May 1576 Appointed - 16 Feb 1578 Died)
Stanislav Pavlovský † ( 1579 Appointed - 1599 Died)
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein † (26 May 1599 Appointed - 23 Nov 1636 Died)
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (28 Sep 1638 Confirmed - 21 Nov 1662 Died)
Karl Joseph von Österreich † (23 Apr 1663 Appointed - 27 Jan 1664 Died)
Karl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (28 Jun 1665 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1695 Died)
Karl Joseph Ignaz von Lothringen † (20 Nov 1694 Confirmed - 6 Jan 1711 Confirmed, Archbishop of Trier)
Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach † (23 Nov 1711 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1738 Died)
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (26 Jan 1739 Confirmed - 4 Mar 1745 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Ferdinand Julius von Troyer † (28 Mar 1746 Confirmed - 5 Feb 1758 Died)
Leopold Friedrich von Egkh und Hungersbach † (2 Oct 1758 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1760 Died)
Maxmilián von Hamilton † (17 Aug 1761 Confirmed - 31 Oct 1776 Died)
Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (6 Oct 1777 Appointed - 12 Sep 1811 Died)
Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf Wiensberg † (15 Mar 1815 Confirmed - 20 Jan 1819 Died)
Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen † (4 Jun 1819 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1831 Died)
Ferdynand Maria von Chotek † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 5 Sep 1836 Died)
Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh † (19 May 1837 Confirmed - 31 Mar 1853 Died)
Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg † (27 Jun 1853 Confirmed - 20 Aug 1892 Died)
Théodore Kohn † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 10 Jun 1904 Resigned)
František Saleský Bauer † (10 May 1904 Appointed - 25 Nov 1915 Died)
Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště † (5 May 1916 Confirmed - 6 Jul 1920 Retired)
Antonín Cyril Stojan † (10 Mar 1921 Appointed - 29 Sep 1923 Died)
Leopold Precan † (10 Nov 1923 Appointed - 2 Mar 1947 Died)
Joseph Matocha † (23 Mar 1948 Appointed - 3 Nov 1961 Died)
František Vaňák † (21 Dec 1989 Appointed - 14 Sep 1991 Died)
Jan Graubner (28 Sep 1992 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
1063	Erected	Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (erected)
30 April 1344	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (from Mainz)
5 December 1777	Territory Lost	Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)	Diocese of Brno (erected)
Archdiocese of Olomouc
5 December 1777	Elevated	Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)	Archdiocese of Olomouc
30 May 1996	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Olomouc	Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Olomouc

1949 1,504,156 1,726,538 87.1% 1,073 129 1,202 1,251 335 2,303 701 ap1951

1970 629 629 0 1,489 650 ap1971

1980 1,740,000 2,165,000 80.4% 548 111 659 2,640 111 1,825 731 ap1981

1990 1,761,697 2,793,798 63.1% 394 156 550 3,203 156 807 731 ap1991

1999 750,000 1,410,000 53.2% 233 118 351 2,136 27 165 361 437 ap2000

2000 750,000 1,410,000 53.2% 230 117 347 2,161 27 155 357 437 ap2001

2001 750,000 1,410,000 53.2% 227 121 348 2,155 27 155 423 437 ap2002

2002 750,000 1,410,000 53.2% 237 122 359 2,089 26 161 396 437 ap2003

2003 750,000 1,410,000 53.2% 245 121 366 2,049 26 157 385 437 ap2004

2004 732,000 1,376,000 53.2% 246 118 364 2,010 30 155 382 437 ap2005

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Olomouc
1949	1,504,156	1,726,538	87.1%	1,073	129	1,202	1,251		335	2,303	701	ap1951
1970				629		629	0			1,489	650	ap1971
1980	1,740,000	2,165,000	80.4%	548	111	659	2,640		111	1,825	731	ap1981
1990	1,761,697	2,793,798	63.1%	394	156	550	3,203		156	807	731	ap1991
1999	750,000	1,410,000	53.2%	233	118	351	2,136	27	165	361	437	ap2000
2000	750,000	1,410,000	53.2%	230	117	347	2,161	27	155	357	437	ap2001
2001	750,000	1,410,000	53.2%	227	121	348	2,155	27	155	423	437	ap2002
2002	750,000	1,410,000	53.2%	237	122	359	2,089	26	161	396	437	ap2003
2003	750,000	1,410,000	53.2%	245	121	366	2,049	26	157	385	437	ap2004
2004	732,000	1,376,000	53.2%	246	118	364	2,010	30	155	382	437	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Jan Graubner (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990; Archbishop: 28 Sep 1992)
Josef Hrdlička (Priest: 1 Jul 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Thomas Albin von Helfenburg † (Bishop: 8 Oct 1574 to 10 Mar 1575)
Johann Baptist Maria Assmann † (Priest: 15 Jul 1860 to 1 Jun 1888)
František Saleský Bauer † (Priest: 19 Jul 1863 to 3 Jul 1882; Archbishop: 10 May 1904 to 25 Nov 1915)
Gustavo de Belrupt-Tyssac † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 1880 to 9 Jun 1895)
Guglielmo Blazek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Dec 1906 to 5 Mar 1912)
Hermann Hannibal von Blümegen † (Priest: 23 Sep 1742 to 9 Apr 1764)
Josef Bombera † (Priest: 5 Jul 1894 to 13 Jun 1924)
Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní † (Administrator: 8 Feb 1493 to 30 Jan 1497)
Franz Julian von Braida † (Priest: 1681; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1703 to 1727)
Johann Joseph von Breuner † (Priest: 1664; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Dec 1670 to 4 Jul 1695)
Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † (Priest: 8 Dec 1621; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Sep 1630 to 5 Sep 1639)
André Byssmann, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1482 to 1501)
Matthias Franz von Chorinsky † (Priest: 5 Apr 1743; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1769 to 15 Dec 1777)
Ferdynand Maria von Chotek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Apr 1817 to 30 Sep 1831; Archbishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 5 Sep 1836)
Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1608 to 29 Jan 1617)
Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (Priest: 20 Aug 1758; Bishop: 6 Oct 1777; Archbishop: 30 Mar 1778 to 12 Sep 1811)
Protasius von Czernahora † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1459 to 25 Aug 1482)
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein † (Archbishop: 26 May 1599 to 23 Nov 1636)
Alexander Dirre † (Priest: 10 Jun 1634; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jun 1668 to 21 Nov 1669)
Leopold Friedrich von Egkh und Hungersbach † (Priest: 15 Nov 1721; Bishop: 2 Oct 1758 to 15 Dec 1760)
Otto Honorius von Egkh und Hungersbach † (Priest: 1697; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1729 to 30 Apr 1748)
Ignaz Feigerle † (Priest: 21 Mar 1818 to 15 Mar 1852)
Johann Filipec † (Bishop: 1484 to 1490)
Johann Wenzel Xaver Frey von Freyenfels † (Priest: 16 Apr 1729; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1771 to 17 Oct 1776)
Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1853 to 20 Aug 1892)
Franz Anton Gindl † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 2 Jul 1832)
Johann Gobar † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Aug 1652 to 1665)
Johann Grodecký † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1572 to 1 Jan 1574)
Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 9 Sep 1805 to 15 Sep 1811; Archbishop: 4 Jun 1819; Priest: 29 Aug 1819; Archbishop: 26 Sep 1819 to 24 Jul 1831)
Maxmilián von Hamilton † (Priest: 31 Aug 1738; Bishop: 17 Aug 1761 to 31 Oct 1776)
Johann Leopold von Hay † (Priest: 23 Sep 1758 to 11 Dec 1780)
Ján Haz † (Bishop: 8 Jul 1450 to 19 May 1554)
Marek Khuen z Olomouce † (Bishop: 1553 to 1565)
Théodore Kohn † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 10 Jun 1904)
Vilem Kolina (Polonia), O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1442 to 1482)
Wenzel Franz Karl Koschinsky von Koschín † (Priest: 17 Aug 1695 to 1 Dec 1721)
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 1800 to 15 Mar 1815)
Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker † (Priest: 21 Apr 1833 to 7 Apr 1862)
Ladislas Laczko de Krawaz † (Bishop: 20 May 1403 to 1408)
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1739 to 4 Mar 1745)
Karl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1665 to 23 Sep 1695)
Karl Joseph Ignaz von Lothringen † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1694 to 6 Jan 1711)
Joseph Matocha † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1948 to 3 Nov 1961)
Johann Mezon von Telz † (Bishop: 4 May 1576 to 16 Feb 1578)
Paulus von Milicz † (Bishop: 25 Jan 1435 to 2 May 1450)
Sigismund Miutini von Spilenberg † (Priest: 21 Nov 1628; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Mar 1648 to 1653)
Joseph Martin Nathan † (Priest: 23 Jun 1891; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Apr 1943 to 30 Jan 1947)
Karl Joseph von Österreich † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1663 to 27 Jan 1664)
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1638 to 21 Nov 1662)
Stanislav Pavlovský † (Bishop: 1579 to 1599)
Leopold Precan † (Archbishop: 10 Nov 1923 to 2 Mar 1947)
Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1565 to 16 Jun 1572)
Karl Godefried von Rosenthal † (Priest: 4 Oct 1761; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Mar 1779 to 25 May 1800)
Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock † (Priest: 16 Mar 1633 to 12 Jan 1665)
Antonín Arnošt Schaaffgotsche † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jul 1839 to 27 Jan 1842)
Johann Karl Leopold von Scherffenberg † (Priest: 19 Sep 1722; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Apr 1749 to 17 Apr 1771)
Josef Schinzel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Nov 1922 to 28 Jul 1944)
Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1711 to 22 Jul 1738)
Alois Josef Schrenk † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 17 Sep 1838)
Ferdinand Schröffel † (Priest: 23 Apr 1662; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1696 to 23 Aug 1702)
Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště (Dubravius) † (Bishop: 1541 to 1553)
Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště † (Priest: 7 Jul 1889 to 14 Dec 1899; Archbishop: 5 May 1916 to 6 Jul 1920)
Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh † (Archbishop: 19 May 1837 to 31 Mar 1853)
Jan Stavel † (Priest: 19 Sep 1894; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1927 to 6 Nov 1938)
Antonín Cyril Stojan † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1921 to 29 Sep 1923)
Stanislav Thurzó † (Bishop: 1497 to 1540)
František Tomášek † (Priest: 5 Jul 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Oct 1949 to 18 Feb 1965)
Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf Wiensberg † (Priest: 20 Dec 1783 to 1 Jul 1795; Archbishop: 15 Mar 1815 to 20 Jan 1819)
Ferdinand Julius von Troyer † (Priest: 21 Dec 1720; Bishop: 28 Mar 1746 to 5 Feb 1758)
František Vaňák † (Priest: 5 Jul 1941; Apostolic Administrator: 26 Jul 1989; Archbishop: 21 Dec 1989 to 14 Sep 1991)
Joannes Wenceslaus von Freyenfels † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1771 to 1778)
Rodolpho von Thysebaert † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 May 1842 to 12 May 1868)
Franciscus Antonius von und zu Losenstein † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Nov 1690 to 17 Jun 1692)
Josef Vrana † (Priest: 5 Jul 1928; Apostolic Administrator: 19 Feb 1973 to 30 Nov 1987)
Johann Friedrich von Waldstein † (Priest: 1665 to 27 Nov 1673)
Karel Wisnar † (Priest: 19 Mar 1875; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Nov 1904 to 18 Apr 1926)
Stanislav Zela † (Priest: 5 Jul 1917; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Oct 1940 to 6 Dec 1969)
Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína † (Bishop: 1540 to 1541)
Bohuslas von Zwole † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1454 to 31 Jul 1457)

Archdiocese of Olomouc

Archidioecesis Olomucensis