Dominik Duka

Dominik Duka, O.P
Archbishop of Prague
Church	Roman Catholicism
Archdiocese	Prague
See	Prague
In Office	10 April 2010 — present (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000208000000208 days)
Predecessor	Miloslav Vlk
Orders
Ordination	22 June 1970 by Stepán Trochta, S.D.B
Consecration	26 September 1998 by Archbishop Karel Otčenášek
Personal details
Born	26 April 1943 (1943-04-26) (age 68) Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Arms of Archbishop Duka

Dominik Jaroslav Duka O.P. (born 26 April 1943, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (now Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) is the 36th Archbishop of Prague since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 13 February 2010.^{[1] [2]} He had previously served as bishop of Hradec Králové.

Duka was born in 1943 in Hradec Králové. On 6 January 1969 he made temporary profession in the Dominican Order and on 22 June 1970 he was ordained a priest. For 5 years he worked in various parishes of the archdiocese of Prague and, on 7 January 1972, he made his solemn profession in the Dominican Order.

In 1975 he was deprived of the state authorisation for the sacred ministry, and worked for almost 15 years, in the factories of Škoda Plzeň, as a designer (until 1989 and the collapse of Communism behind the Iron Curtain). In the meantime, he worked in secret in the Order as a novice master and teacher of theology. He studied at the Theological Faculty of Litoměřice. In 1979, he obtained a licentiate in theology at the Theological Faculty of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw, Poland. From 1981-82 he was jailed in Plzeň. From 1986-98 he was Provincial of the Dominicans in Bohemia and Moravia.^{[citation needed]}

Arms of Dominik Duka, as Bishop of Hradec Králové

After the fall of communism, Duka was elected Federal President of the Conference of Major Superiors and in the years 1992-1996, Vice-President of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors. From 1990-99, he was a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at the Palacký University in Olomouc, teaching Introduction to Sacred Scripture and biblical anthropology.^{[citation needed]}

On 6 June 1998 he was appointed as bishop of Hradec Králové and on 26 September 1998 he received episcopal ordination. On 13 February 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as archbishop of Prague. On his appointment, Duka said that:

"The Church must engage in a dialogue with society and must seek reconciliation with it. Twenty years ago, we were euphoric about freedom; today we live in an economic and financial crisis, and also to a certain extent in a crisis of values. So the tasks are going to be a little more difficult. But thanks to everything that’s been done, it will not be a journey into the unknown." ^[3]

Archbishop Duka was formally installed in Prague Cathedral and took possession of the see. Archbishop Duka's concerns include the long-standing issue of the restitution of church property, which had been confiscated by the communist regime, and which were either never fully returned or for which the church was never compensated. The Czech Republic is one of the last countries in Europe not to have ratified a treaty with the Holy See.^[4]

References

1. ^ "České katolíky povede Duka, papež mu svěřil úřad arcibiskupa" (in Czech). iDnes. http://zpravy.idnes.cz/ceske-katoliky-povede-duka-papez-mu-sveril-urad-arcibiskupa-pqr-/domaci.asp?c=A100213_104937_domaci_jan. Retrieved 13 February 2010. 
2. ^ Press Office of the Holy See
3. ^ The Vatican appoints Dominik Duka new archbishop of Prague
4. ^ The Vatican appoints Dominik Duka new archbishop of Prague

External links

• Dominik Duka profile at Catholic Hierarchy website

Religious titles
Preceded by Karel Otcenášek	Bishop of Hradec Kralove 6 June 1998–13 February 2010	Succeeded by Jan Vokál
Preceded by Miloslav Vlk	Archbishop of Prague 26 April 2010–-	Succeeded by -

Bishop (3 March 2011 - )

Persondata
Name	Duka, Dominik
Alternative names
Short description	Czech Roman Catholic cleric; Archbishop of Prague
Date of birth	26 April 1943
Place of birth	Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (now Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Date of death
Place of death