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Archdiocese of Olomouc

Archidioecesis Olomucensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Josef Nuzík, Archbishop
  • Antonín Basler, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Josef Hrdlička, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 5 December 1777
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Square Kilometers: 10,018 (3,869 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.ado.cz/
  • Mailing Address: Arcibiskupsky Ordinariat, Biskupske namesti 841/2, post. schranka 193, 779 00 Olomouc, Ceska Republika
  • Telephone: 58.740.51.11

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
1063ErectedDiocese of Praha Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (erected)
30 April 1344Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (from Mainz)
5 December 1777Territory LostDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) Diocese of Brno (erected)
Archdiocese of Olomouc
5 December 1777ElevatedDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) Archdiocese of Olomouc
28 June 1972Territory LostArchdiocese of Olomouc (Branice, Glubczyce, and Kietrz along with Owsiszcze)
Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Gliwice, Labedy, Miechowice, Pyskowice, Toszek, Ujazd, and Zabrze (all in Katowice))
Diocese of Opole (erected)
30 December 1977Territory AddedArchdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Tesín and Jeseník) Archdiocese of Olomouc
30 May 1996Territory LostArchdiocese of Olomouc (Bílovec, Bruntál, Frydek, Hlucín, Jeseník, Karviná, Krnov, Mistek, Novy Jicin, Opava, and Ostrava) Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Olomouc
19491,504,1561,726,53887.1%1,0731291,2021,2513352,303701ap1951
197062962901,489650ap1971
19801,740,0002,165,00080.4%5481116592,6401111,825731ap1981
19901,761,6972,793,79863.1%3941565503,203156807731ap1991
1999750,0001,410,00053.2%2331183512,13627165361437ap2000
2000750,0001,410,00053.2%2301173472,16127155357437ap2001
2001750,0001,410,00053.2%2271213482,15527155423437ap2002
2002750,0001,410,00053.2%2371223592,08926161396437ap2003
2003750,0001,410,00053.2%2451213662,04926157385437ap2004
2004732,0001,376,00053.2%2461183642,01030155382437ap2005
2013745,2001,407,00053.0%2481033512,12333125253418ap2014
2016746,9001,410,00053.0%246973432,17733117209418ap2017
2019737,3001,359,84754.2%240933332,21436108178418ap2020
2021744,3201,372,93054.2%229913202,32639106168418ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 376
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 206
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 262
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 264
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 296
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 317, and Page 318
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 297, to Page 298
  • Archdiocese of Olomouc
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 273, and Page 274

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