Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}

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Bishop(s) Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P., Cardinal, Archbishop Václav Malý, Auxiliary Bishop Zdeněk Wasserbauer, Auxiliary Bishop Karel Herbst, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses České Budĕjovice {Budweis} Hradec Králové Litoměřice Plzeň

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 30 April 1344 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Czech Republic Square Kilometers: 8,765 (3,385 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.apha.cz/ Mailing Address: Arcibiskupska Kurie, Hradcanske nam. 56/16, 119 02 Praha 1, Ceska Republika Telephone: 220.39.21.23 Fax: 220.51.46.47

Historical Details

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

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Dĕtmar (Thietmar) , O.S.B. † (23 Mar 973 Appointed - 2 Jan 982 Died)
• St. Adalbert (Vojtĕch) , O.S.B. † (19 Feb 982 Appointed - 988 Resigned)
• Thieddag , O.S.B. † (7 Jul 998 Ordained Bishop - 10 Jun 1017 Died)
• Severus † ( 1031 Appointed - 9 Dec 1067 Died)
• Daniel † (31 Dec 1148 Appointed - 9 Aug 1167 Died)
• Jindřich Břetislav † (25 Mar 1182 Appointed - 14 Jun 1197 Died)
• Andre de Guttenstein † ( 1215 Appointed - 30 Jul 1224 Died)
• Nikolaus von Újezd † ( 1240 Appointed - 17 Jan 1258 Died)
• Jean Drazic † ( 1258 Appointed - 21 Oct 1278 Died)
• Arnoust Pardubic † (3 Mar 1343 Appointed - 30 Jun 1364 Died)
• Jan Očko z Vlašim † (23 Aug 1364 Confirmed - 6 Mar 1379 Resigned)
• Johann von Jenstein † (19 Mar 1379 Appointed - 17 Jun 1400 Died)
• Konrad von Vechta † (10 Feb 1413 Appointed - 1421 Resigned)
• Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † (5 Sep 1561 Appointed - 28 Aug 1580 Died)
• Martin Medek z Mohelnice, O. Cruc. † (28 Apr 1581 Appointed - 2 Feb 1590 Died)
• Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé † (21 Jun 1593 Appointed - 6 Mar 1606 Died)
• Charles von Lamberg † (14 May 1607 Appointed - 18 Sep 1612 Died)
• Johann Lohel, O. Praem. † (18 Sep 1612 Succeeded - 2 Nov 1622 Died)
• Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau † (9 Jan 1623 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1667 Died)
• Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † (9 Mar 1669 Confirmed - 29 Apr 1675 Died)
• Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, O.Cr. † (2 Dec 1675 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1694 Died)
• Johann Joseph von Breuner † (4 Jul 1695 Confirmed - 20 Mar 1710 Died)
• Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg † (11 May 1711 Confirmed - 7 Aug 1731 Died)
• Daniel Joseph Mayern † (7 May 1732 Confirmed - 10 Apr 1733 Died)
• Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (18 Dec 1733 Confirmed - 26 Oct 1763 Died)
• Anton Peter Przichowsky von Przichowitz † (26 Oct 1763 Succeeded - 14 Apr 1793 Died)
• Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm † (23 Sep 1793 Confirmed - 14 Sep 1810 Died)
• Václav (Wenzel) Léopold von Chlumčansky † (15 Mar 1815 Confirmed - 14 Jun 1830 Died)
• Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat † (28 Feb 1831 Confirmed - 28 Mar 1833 Died)
• Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (30 Sep 1833 Confirmed - 26 Mar 1838 Died)
• Alois Josef Schrenk † (17 Sep 1838 Confirmed - 5 Mar 1849 Died)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg † (20 May 1850 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1885 Died)
• Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † (27 Jul 1885 Confirmed - 25 Jun 1899 Died)
• Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště † (14 Dec 1899 Appointed - 5 May 1916 Confirmed, Archbishop of Olomouc)
• Pavel Huyn † (4 Oct 1916 Appointed - 6 Sep 1919 Resigned)
• František Kordač † (16 Sep 1919 Appointed - 21 Jul 1931 Retired)
• Karel Boromejský Kašpar † (22 Oct 1931 Appointed - 21 Apr 1941 Died)
• Josef Beran † (4 Nov 1946 Appointed - 17 May 1969 Died)
• František Tomášek † (30 Dec 1977 Appointed - 27 Mar 1991 Retired)
• Miloslav Vlk † (27 Mar 1991 Appointed - 13 Feb 2010 Retired)
• Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. (13 Feb 2010 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Praha
973	Erected	Diocese of Regensburg	Diocese of Praha (erected)
1000	Territory Lost	Diocese of Meißen (Meissen) Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau) (erected)
1063	Territory Lost	Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (erected)
30 April 1344	Territory Lost	Diocese of Praha	Diocese of Litomyšl (erected)
Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
30 April 1344	Elevated	Diocese of Praha	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
1474	Territory Added	Diocese of Litomyšl (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}
3 July 1655	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Litoměřice (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 České Budĕjovice {Budweis} (erected)
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese of České Budĕjovice {Budweis} Diocese of Litoměřice Archdiocese of Praha {Prague}	Diocese of Plzeň (erected)

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Statistics

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
2013	373,800	2,066,000	18.1%	180	148	328	1,139	31	200	335	140	ap2014
2016	558,800	2,319,000	24.1%	180	154	334	1,673	37	220	320	145	ap2017

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jan Baxant (Priest: 23 Jun 1973 to 4 Oct 2008)
• Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. (Archbishop: 13 Feb 2010 - )
• Karel Herbst, S.D.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Feb 2002 to 1 Dec 2016)
• František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990 to 30 May 1996)
• Václav Malý (Priest: 26 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1996)
• František Radkovský (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1990 to 31 May 1993)
• Zdeněk Wasserbauer (Deacon: 2 Jan 1996; Priest: 30 Sep 1996; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 2018)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• 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)
• Giovanni Battista Barsotti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 1663 to 9 Mar 1664)
• Tobias Ján Becker † (Priest: 18 Mar 1673 to 3 Apr 1702)
• Josef Beran † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1946 to 17 May 1969)
• Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1593 to 6 Mar 1606)
• Martin Bonaccina † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 May 1631)
• Jindřich Břetislav † (Bishop: 25 Mar 1182 to 14 Jun 1197)
• Johann Joseph von Breuner † (Archbishop: 4 Jul 1695 to 20 Mar 1710)
• Simon Brosius Horstein † (Priest: 23 Sep 1595; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Aug 1626 to 13 Jan 1642)
• Frantisek Brusák † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1908 to 5 Apr 1918)
• Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † (Archbishop: 5 Sep 1561 to 28 Aug 1580)
• Václav (Wenzel) Léopold von Chlumčansky † (Deacon: 25 May 1771; Priest: 19 Dec 1772; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 29 Mar 1802; Archbishop: 15 Mar 1815 to 14 Jun 1830)
• Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic † (Deacon: 19 Feb 1701; Priest: 12 Mar 1701; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Sep 1743 to 16 May 1755)
• Giuseppe Corti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1654 to 30 Mar 1662)
• Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky de Longavilla † (Priest: 21 Dec 1661; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 1679 to 10 Jan 1701)
• Josef Doubrava † (Priest: 16 Jul 1876 to 22 Jun 1903)
• Jean Drazic † (Bishop: 1258 to 21 Oct 1278)
• Antonín Eltschkner † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1933 to 22 Feb 1961)
• Václav Antonín (Wenzel Anton) Frind † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jul 1901 to 2 Aug 1932)
• Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Apr 1644 to 23 Aug 1653)
• Georg Glosauer † (Priest: 15 Jul 1884; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1917 to 9 Jun 1926)
• Josef Jindrich Gross † (Priest: 4 Jul 1889 to 18 Apr 1910)
• Andre de Guttenstein † (Bishop: 1215 to 30 Jul 1224)
• Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau † (Archbishop: 9 Jan 1623 to 25 Oct 1667)
• Hermann von Hasenburg, O.E.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1340)
• Pavel Huyn † (Archbishop: 4 Oct 1916 to 6 Sep 1919)
• Johann von Jenstein † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1379 to 17 Jun 1400)
• Johann Andreas Kaiser † (Deacon: 22 Feb 1739; Priest: 19 Dec 1739; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Mar 1760 to 17 Jul 1775)
• Ferdinand Jan Nepomucký Kalous † (Deacon: 12 Jul 1866; Priest: 15 Jul 1866; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1891 to 19 Sep 1907)
• Gottfried Kapaun von Swoykow † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1658; Priest: 30 Mar 1659 to 18 May 1699)
• Karel Boromejský Kašpar † (Priest: 25 Feb 1893 to 8 Mar 1920; Archbishop: 22 Oct 1931 to 21 Apr 1941)
• Martinus Paulus Kemlick † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Feb 1667)
• Ferdinand Kindermann von Schulstein † (Deacon: 22 Dec 1764; Priest: 3 Mar 1765 to 29 Mar 1790)
• Josef Knauer †
• František Kordač † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1919 to 21 Jul 1931)
• Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1831 to 28 Mar 1833)
• Frantisek Borgia Krásl † (Priest: 10 Jul 1870; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jul 1901 to 27 Jul 1907)
• František Petr Krejčí † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1857 to 4 Jul 1870)
• Erasmus Dionys Krieger † (Deacon: 14 Feb 1761; Priest: 7 Mar 1761; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1781 to 27 Dec 1792)
• Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg † (Archbishop: 11 May 1711 to 7 Aug 1731)
• Charles von Lamberg † (Archbishop: 14 May 1607 to 18 Sep 1612)
• Jan Lebeda † (Priest: 20 Jun 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1988 to 5 Nov 1991)
• Josef Ondřej Lindauer † (Deacon: 19 Jul 1807; Priest: 16 Aug 1807 to 24 Nov 1845)
• Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1988 to 28 Aug 1991)
• Johann Lohel, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jul 1603; Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Apr 1612; Archbishop: 18 Sep 1612 to 2 Nov 1622)
• Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1733 to 26 Oct 1763)
• Kajetán Matoušek † (Priest: 22 Dec 1934; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Aug 1949 to 5 Jun 1992)
• Daniel Joseph Mayern † (Deacon: 26 Mar 1678; Priest: 17 Dec 1678; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Mar 1712; Archbishop: 7 May 1732 to 10 Apr 1733)
• Martin Medek z Mohelnice, O. Cruc. † (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1581 to 2 Feb 1590)
• Daniel Vitus Nastoupil (Nastaupill, Hapstampsel) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Dec 1664 to 21 Nov 1665)
• Jan Očko z Vlašim † (Archbishop: 23 Aug 1364 to 6 Mar 1379)
• Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. † (Priest: 21 Jun 1975 to 4 Oct 1978; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1996 to 23 Feb 2001)
• Arnoust Pardubic † (Archbishop: 3 Mar 1343 to 30 Jun 1364)
• Franciszek de Paula Pišték (Pisztek) † (Deacon: 7 Aug 1808; Priest: 21 Aug 1808; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Sep 1824 to 24 Feb 1832)
• Anton Podlaha † (Priest: 5 Jul 1888; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 14 Feb 1932)
• Karol Franz (Karel František) Prucha (Průcha) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1871 to 23 Oct 1883)
• Anton Peter Przichowsky von Przichowitz † (Priest: 29 Apr 1731; Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Sep 1752; Archbishop: 26 Oct 1763 to 14 Apr 1793)
• Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger † (Priest: 24 May 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1929 to 1946)
• Ján Baptist Richolosky † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1808)
• Constantin Ernest Ruziczka (Růžička) † (Deacon: 12 Jun 1785; Priest: 15 Jun 1785 to 8 Mar 1816)
• Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm † (Archbishop: 23 Sep 1793 to 14 Sep 1810)
• Johann Prokop von Schaffgotsch † (Deacon: 30 Mar 1771; Priest: 25 May 1771 to 26 Sep 1785)
• Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz † (Priest: 6 May 1630 to 5 Jul 1655)
• Johann Aloys (Algis) Schneider † (Priest: 26 Sep 1775 to 29 Jan 1801)
• Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † (Deacon: 10 Aug 1873; Priest: 12 Aug 1873 to 28 Sep 1883; Archbishop: 27 Jul 1885 to 25 Jun 1899)
• Alois Josef Schrenk † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1838 to 5 Mar 1849)
• Karl Schwarz † (Deacon: 26 Jul 1852; Priest: 29 Jul 1852; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1884 to 1891)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg † (Archbishop: 20 May 1850 to 27 Mar 1885)
• Johann Mathäus Schweiberer † (Deacon: 22 Mar 1738; Priest: 7 Apr 1738; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1779 to 28 Jun 1781)
• Pavel Josef Seddeler † (Deacon: 5 Mar 1757; Priest: 18 Dec 1757; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1775 to 4 Sep 1776)
• Jan Nepomuk Sedlák † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1917 to 10 Oct 1930)
• Vitus Seipel, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jan 1701 to 9 Mar 1711)
• Jaroslav Škarvada † (Priest: 12 Mar 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1982 to 25 Sep 2002)
• Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 5 May 1916)
• Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1669 to 29 Apr 1675)
• Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1675 to 25 Jan 1679)
• Johann Rudolf von Sporck † (Deacon: 14 Jul 1719; Priest: 15 Jul 1719; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Mar 1733 to 21 Jan 1759)
• Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (Šternberka) † (Priest: 1668 to 22 Jun 1676)
• Johann Franz Christoph von Talmberg † (Priest: 16 Jun 1669 to 19 Oct 1676)
• František Vilém Tippmann † (Deacon: 30 Jul 1809; Priest: 6 Aug 1809; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1832 to 20 Jun 1857)
• František Tomášek † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Feb 1965; Archbishop: 30 Dec 1977 to 27 Mar 1991)
• Franz Xaver Twrdy † (Deacon: 23 Dec 1741; Priest: 17 Feb 1742; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1776 to 2 Mar 1779)
• Nikolaus von Újezd † (Bishop: 1240 to 17 Jan 1258)
• Konrad von Vechta † (Archbishop: 10 Feb 1413 to 1421)
• Miloslav Vlk † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1991 to 13 Feb 2010)
• Emmanuel Ernst von Waldstein † (Deacon: 17 Jan 1740; Priest: 17 Dec 1740; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 May 1756 to 28 Jan 1760)
• Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, O.Cr. † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1675 to 3 Jun 1694)
• Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (Woknau) † (Deacon: 16 Mar 1715; Priest: 6 Apr 1715; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 7 Feb 1757)
• Johann Adam von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz † (Priest: 15 Apr 1702 to 12 May 1711)
• Johann Joseph von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz † (Deacon: 23 Sep 1719; Priest: 27 Sep 1719 to 18 Dec 1733)
• František Zapletal † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jan 1933 to 20 Aug 1935)
• St. Adalbert (Vojtĕch) , O.S.B. † (Priest: 981; Bishop: 19 Feb 982 to 988)
• Daniel † (Bishop: 31 Dec 1148 to 9 Aug 1167)
• Dĕtmar (Thietmar) , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 23 Mar 973 to 2 Jan 982)
• Severus † (Bishop: 1031 to 9 Dec 1067)
• Thieddag , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 7 Jul 998 to 10 Jun 1017)

Source(s)

Diocese of Praha Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 408 Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 303 Archdiocese of Praha {Prague} Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 408, and Page 409

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