Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague

Archdiocese of Prague Archidioecesis Pragensis
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Prague
Metropolitan	Prague
Population - Catholics	488,000 (23.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman rite
Established	973
Cathedral	St. Vitus Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Archbishop	Dominik Duka, O.P.
Auxiliary Bishop	Karel Herbst, S.D.B., Václav Maly, Jaroslav Škarvada (emeritus)
Emeritus Bishops	Miloslav Vlk
Website
apha.cz

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague (Czech: Arcidiecéze pražská, Latin: Archidioecesis Pragensis) is a Catholic archdiocese of the Latin Rite in the Czech Republic. The archepiscopal see is in the Czech capital of Prague.

The diocese was founded in 973 as the Diocese of Prague. It was elevated to an archdiocese on 30 April 1344. Msgr Dominik Duka, O.P. is the current archbishop. The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The Archdiocese of Prague was created as a bishopric in 973, and elevated to an archbishopric on 30 April 1344. The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the Manipulus florum of Thomas of Ireland.^[1]

The names of these prelates are given in Czech, with English or otherwise as suitable.

Bishops of Prague

Succession	Name	Dates of bishopric
1.	Dětmar (Thietmar, Dietmar)	973–982
2.	St. Vojtěch (Adalbert of Prague)	982–996
	Kristian (Strachkvas)	996 (died during consecration)
3.	Thiddag (Deodatus)	998–1017
4.	Ekkhard (Ekkehard, Ekhard, Helicardus)	1017–1023
5.	Hyza (Hyzo, Hizzo, Izzo)	1023–1030
6.	Šebíř (Severus)	1030–1067
7.	Gebhart (Gebehard, Jaromír)	1068–1089
8.	Kosmas	1090–1098
9.	Heřman	1099–1122
10.	Menhart (Meinhard)	1122–1134
11.	Jan I	1134–1139
	Silvestr	1139–1140 (abdicated)
12.	Ota (Otto)	1140–1148
13.	Daniel I	1148–1167
	Gotpold (Goltpold, Gothard, Hotart)	1168 (died before installation)
14.	Bedřich z Puttendorfu	1168–1179
15.	Valentin (Vališ)	1179–1182
16.	Jindřich Břetislav	1182–1197
17.	Daniel II (Milík z Talmberka)	1197–1214
18.	Ondřej	1214–1224
19.	Pelhřim (Peregrin) z Vartenberka	1124–1125
20.	Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav)	1225–1226
21.	Jan II	1226–1236
22.	Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř ze Sulevic	1236–1240
23.	Mikuláš z Reisenburku	1240–1258
24.	Jan III z Dražic	1258–1278
25.	Tobiáš z Bechyně	1278–1296
26.	Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka	1296–1301
27.	Jan IV z Dražic	1301–1343
28.	Arnošt z Pardubic (Arnošt of Pardubice)	1343–1344

Archbishops of Prague

Succession	Name	Dates of archbishopric
1.	Arnošt z Pardubic (Arnošt of Pardubice)	1344–1364
2.	Jan Očko z Vlašimi	1364–1379
3.	Jan z Jenštejna	1379–1396
4.	Olbram (Volfram) ze Škvorce	1369–1402
	Mikuláš Puchník z Černic	1402 (died before consecration)
5.	Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka	1403–1411
6.	Sigismund Albicus	1411–1412
7.	Conrad of Vechta	1413–1421
	sede vacante	1421–1561
8.	Antonín Brus z Mohelnice	1561–1580
9.	Martin Medek z Mohelnice	1581–1590
10.	Zbyněk Berka z Dubé	1592–1606
11.	Karel Graf von Lamberk	1607–1612
12.	Johann Lohel	1612–1622
13.	Arnošt Vojtěch Graf von Harrach	1623–1667
	Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat	1667–1668 (died before consecration)
14.	Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka	1669–1675
15.	Jan Bedřich Graf von Waldstein	1675–1694
16.	Jan Josef Graf von Breuner	1695–1710
17.	Ferdinand Graf von Khünburg	1713–1731
18.	Daniel Josef Mayer z Mayernu	1732–1733
	Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic	1733 (died before confirmation)
19.	Johann Moriz Gustav Graf von Manderscheid–Blankenheim	1733–1763
20.	Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic	1764–1793
21.	Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm	1793–1810
22.	Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan	1815–1830
23.	Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat	1831–1833
24.	Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice	1834–1838
25.	Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk	1838–1849
26.	Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg	1849–1885
27.	Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn	1885–1899
28.	Lev Skrbenský z Hříště	1899–1916
29.	Pavel Graf von Huyn	1916–1919
30.	František Kordač	1919–1931
31.	Karel Kašpar	1931–1941
32.	Josef Beran	1946–1969
33.	František Tomášek	1977–1991
34.	Miloslav Vlk	1991-2010
35.	Dominik Duka, O.P.	2010-present

An aerial view of St. Vitus Cathedral. The entire cathedral is situated inside the Prague Castle complex, and is the cathedral of the Archbishops of Prague.

References

1. ^ Clarke (2004), ODNB.

• "Biskupové". Historie arcidiecéze. Arcibiskupství pražské. http://www.apha.cz/historie-biskupove/. Retrieved 2007-05-08.  (Czech)
• Clark, James G. (2004). "Hibernicus, Thomas (c.1270–c.1340)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27206. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27206. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 

External links

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