Praha {Prague} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Miloslav Vlk, Cardinal, Archbishop
Karel Herbst, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop
Václav Maly, Auxiliary Bishop
Jaroslav Škarvada, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 30 April 1344
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Czech Republic
Square Kilometers: 8,990 (3,472 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.apha.cz/
Mailing Address: Hradcanske nam. 16, 119 02 Praha 1, Ceska Republika
Telephone: (02)20.39.21.23
Fax: 20.51.46.47

Historical Details

Diocese of Praha
- Latin Name: Pragensis
- Erected: 973
- Metropolitan: Diocese of Mainz
- Country: Czech Republic

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. (Vojtech) Adalbert, O.S.B. † (19 Feb 982 Appointed - 988 Resigned)
Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau † (9 Nov 1622 Appointed - 25 Oct 1667 Died)
Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † (10 Jun 1668 Appointed - 29 Apr 1675 Died)
Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † (6 May 1675 Appointed - 3 Jun 1694 Died)
Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner † (23 Dec 1694 Appointed - 20 Mar 1710 Died)
Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (10 Apr 1711 Appointed - 7 Aug 1731 Died)
Daniel Joseph Mayer † (4 Nov 1731 Appointed - 10 Apr 1733 Died)
Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (22 Jun 1733 Appointed - 26 Oct 1763 Died)
Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz † (26 Oct 1763 Succeeded - 14 Apr 1793 Died)
Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm † (1 May 1793 Appointed - 14 Sep 1810 Died)
Václav (Wenzel) Léopold Ritter von Chlumčansky † (30 Dec 1814 Appointed - 14 Jun 1830 Died)
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat † (28 Feb 1831 Appointed - 28 Mar 1833 Died)
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (30 Sep 1833 Appointed - 26 Mar 1838 Died)
Alois Josef Schrenk † (20 Jun 1838 Appointed - 5 Mar 1849 Died)
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu von Schwarzenberg † (13 Dec 1849 Appointed - 27 Mar 1885 Died)
Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † (27 Jul 1885 Appointed - 25 Jun 1899 Died)
Léon Skrbenský Hríste † (14 Dec 1899 Appointed - 18 Jan 1916 Appointed, Archbishop of Olomouc)
Pavel Huyn † (4 Oct 1916 Appointed - 6 Sep 1919 Resigned)
Frantisek Kordác † (16 Sep 1919 Appointed - 12 Jul 1931 Retired)
Karel Boromejský Kaspar † (22 Oct 1931 Appointed - 21 Apr 1941 Died)
Josef Beran † (4 Nov 1946 Appointed - 17 May 1969 Died)
František Tomášek † (18 Feb 1965 Appointed - 27 Mar 1991 Retired)
Miloslav Vlk (27 Mar 1991 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Praha
973	Erected	Diocese of Regensburg	Diocese of Praha (erected)
1063	Territory Lost	Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Olomouc (erected)
30 April 1344	Territory Lost	Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Litomysl (erected)
Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
30 April 1344	Elevated	Diocese of Praha	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
1474	Territory Added	Diocese of Litomysl (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
3 July 1655	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Litomĕrice (erected)
10 November 1664	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Hradec Králové (erected)
20 September 1785	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis} (erected)
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis} Diocese of Litomĕrice Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Plzeň (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 Praha {Prague}

1949 2,052,154 2,943,868 69.7% 607 314 921 2,228 348 1,710 604 ap1951

1970 1,600,000 2,620,000 61.1% 59 59 27,118 59 486 835 ap1971

1980 1,365,000 2,740,000 49.8% 329 97 426 3,204 97 381 579 ap1981

1990 1,190,000 2,810,000 42.3% 261 66 327 3,639 66 169 579 ap1991

1999 604,000 2,144,000 28.2% 160 133 293 2,061 14 228 366 380 ap2000

2000 600,000 2,140,000 28.0% 193 152 345 1,739 17 238 311 379 ap2001

2001 604,500 2,140,000 28.2% 183 155 338 1,788 17 228 292 376 ap2002

2002 604,500 2,144,000 28.2% 191 148 339 1,783 18 224 328 378 ap2003

2003 485,614 2,062,189 23.5% 216 161 377 1,288 20 227 284 378 ap2004

2004 488,000 2,069,585 23.6% 201 175 376 1,297 21 245 328 378 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 Praha {Prague}
1949	2,052,154	2,943,868	69.7%	607	314	921	2,228		348	1,710	604	ap1951
1970	1,600,000	2,620,000	61.1%		59	59	27,118		59	486	835	ap1971
1980	1,365,000	2,740,000	49.8%	329	97	426	3,204		97	381	579	ap1981
1990	1,190,000	2,810,000	42.3%	261	66	327	3,639		66	169	579	ap1991
1999	604,000	2,144,000	28.2%	160	133	293	2,061	14	228	366	380	ap2000
2000	600,000	2,140,000	28.0%	193	152	345	1,739	17	238	311	379	ap2001
2001	604,500	2,140,000	28.2%	183	155	338	1,788	17	228	292	376	ap2002
2002	604,500	2,144,000	28.2%	191	148	339	1,783	18	224	328	378	ap2003
2003	485,614	2,062,189	23.5%	216	161	377	1,288	20	227	284	378	ap2004
2004	488,000	2,069,585	23.6%	201	175	376	1,297	21	245	328	378	ap2005

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Karel Herbst, S.D.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Feb 2002)
František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990 to 30 May 1996)
Václav Maly (Priest: 26 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1996)
Jirí Padour, O.F.M. Cap. (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1996 to 23 Feb 2001)
František Radkovsky (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990 to 31 May 1993)
Jaroslav Škarvada (Priest: 12 Mar 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1982 to 25 Sep 2002)
Miloslav Vlk (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1991 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

St. (Vojtech) Adalbert, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 19 Feb 982 to 988)
Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Sep 1669 to 22 Nov 1674)
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1833 to 26 Mar 1838)
Tobias Johannes Becker † (Priest: 18 Mar 1673 to 24 Nov 1701)
Josef Beran † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1946 to 17 May 1969)
Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1694 to 20 Mar 1710)
Francesco Brusák † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 May 1908 to 5 Apr 1918)
Václav (Wenzel) Léopold Ritter von Chlumčansky † (Priest: 19 Dec 1772; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 15 Oct 1801; Archbishop: 30 Dec 1814 to 14 Jun 1830)
Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic † (Priest: 12 Mar 1701; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Sep 1743 to 16 May 1755)
Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky † (Priest: 21 Dec 1661; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 1679 to 10 Jan 1701)
Antonio Eltschkner † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1933 to 22 Feb 1961)
Venceslao Frind † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1901 to 1917)
Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Apr 1644 to 23 Aug 1653)
Giorgio Glosauer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1917 to 9 Jun 1926)
Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau † (Archbishop: 9 Nov 1622 to 25 Oct 1667)
Pavel Huyn † (Archbishop: 4 Oct 1916 to 6 Sep 1919)
Johann Andreas Kaiser † (Priest: 19 Dec 1739; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Mar 1760 to 14 May 1775)
Ferdinand Giovanni Nepom. Kalous † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1891 to 19 Sep 1907)
Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow † (Priest: 30 Mar 1659 to 23 Sep 1698)
Karel Boromejský Kaspar † (Priest: 25 Feb 1893 to 8 Mar 1920; Archbishop: 22 Oct 1931 to 21 Apr 1941)
Ferdinand Kindermann † (Priest: 3 Mar 1765 to 4 Feb 1790)
Frantisek Kordác † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1919 to 12 Jul 1931)
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1831 to 28 Mar 1833)
Erasmus Dionys Krieger † (Priest: 7 Mar 1761; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1781 to 27 Dec 1792)
Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1711 to 7 Aug 1731)
Jan Lebeda † (Priest: 20 Jun 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1988 to 5 Nov 1991)
Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1988 to 28 Aug 1991)
Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1733 to 26 Oct 1763)
Kajetán Matoušek † (Priest: 22 Dec 1934; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Aug 1949 to 5 Jun 1992)
Daniel Joseph Mayer † (Priest: 17 Dec 1678; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Apr 1711; Archbishop: 4 Nov 1731 to 10 Apr 1733)
Daniel Vitus Nastoupil † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Dec 1664 to 21 Nov 1665)
Antonio Podlaha † (Priest: 5 Jul 1888; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 14 Feb 1932)
Carlo Francesco Prucha † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1871)
Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz † (Priest: 29 Apr 1731; Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Sep 1752; Archbishop: 26 Oct 1763 to 14 Apr 1793)
Jan Remiger † (Priest: 24 May 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1929 to 1941)
Ján Baptist Richolosky † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1808)
Constantin Ernest Ruziczka (Růžička) † (Priest: 15 Jun 1785 to 15 Jun 1815)
Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm † (Archbishop: 1 May 1793 to 14 Sep 1810)
Johann Prokop Graf von Schaffgotsch † (Priest: 25 May 1771 to 20 Dec 1784)
Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz † (Priest: 6 May 1630 to 2 Jul 1655)
Johann Aloys (Algis) Schneider † (Priest: 26 Sep 1775 to 29 Jan 1801)
Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † (Archbishop: 27 Jul 1885 to 25 Jun 1899)
Alois Josef Schrenk † (Archbishop: 20 Jun 1838 to 5 Mar 1849)
Carlo Schwarz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1884)
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu von Schwarzenberg † (Archbishop: 13 Dec 1849 to 27 Mar 1885)
Johann Mathäus Schweiberer † (Priest: 7 Apr 1738; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jul 1779 to 27 Jun 1781)
Joseph Paul Sedeler † (Priest: 18 Dec 1757; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1775 to 4 Sep 1776)
Giovanni Sedlák † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1917 to 10 Oct 1930)
Vitus Seipel † (Priest: 5 Mar 1678; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jan 1701 to 9 Mar 1711)
Léon Skrbenský Hríste † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 18 Jan 1916)
Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 10 Jun 1668 to 29 Apr 1675)
Antonius Sotomayor, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1675 to 1679)
Johann Rudolf Graf von Sporck † (Priest: 15 Jul 1719; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Mar 1733 to 21 Jan 1759)
Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (Šternberka) † (Priest: 1668 to 30 Oct 1675)
Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg † (Priest: 16 Jun 1669 to 15 Jan 1676)
Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1832)
František Tomášek † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Feb 1965; Archbishop: 30 Dec 1977 to 27 Mar 1991)
Franz Xaver Twrdy † (Priest: 17 Feb 1742; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1776 to 22 Mar 1779)
Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein † (Priest: 17 Dec 1740; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 May 1756 to 19 Jul 1759)
Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † (Archbishop: 6 May 1675 to 3 Jun 1694)
Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (Woknau) † (Priest: 6 Apr 1715; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 7 Feb 1757)
Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz † (Priest: 15 Apr 1702 to 12 Nov 1710)
Johann Joseph von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz † (Priest: 27 Sep 1719 to 6 Jul 1733)

Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}

Archidioecesis Pragensis