Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové
Diocese of Hradec Králové Dioecesis Riginae Gradecensis Diecéze královéhradecká | |
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Location | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Metropolitan | Prague |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,650 km2 (4,500 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 1,269,000 453,300 (35.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral |
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit Katedrála Svatého Ducha |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jan Vokál |
Auxiliary Bishops | Josef Kajnek |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové Latin: Reginae Gradecen(sis), German: Königgrätz } is a diocese located in the city of Hradec Králové in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic.
History
- November 10, 1664: Established as Diocese of Hradec Králové from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha
- On 28 June 1972 Pope Paul VI - by his Apostolic constitution Episcoporum Poloniae coetus - redrew boundaries of a number of Polish - and their adjacent Czech and German - dioceses, disentangling the County of Kladsko area from the Diocese of Hradec Králové and assigning it to the neighbouring Archdiocese of Wrocław.[1]
Leadership
- Bishops of Hradec Králové (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11)
- Archbishop Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein (1668.06.16 – 1675.12.02)
- Bishop Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg (1676.01.15 – 1698.04.03)
- Bishop Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow (1698.09.23 – 1701.09.18)
- Bishop Tobias Johannes Becker (1701.11.24 – 1710.09.11)
- Bishop Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (1710.11.12 – 1721.09.24)
- Bishop Wenzel Franz Karl Reichsfreiherr Koschinsky von Koschín (1721.01.09 – 1731.03.26)
- Bishop Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz (1731.10.08 – 1733.10.01)
- Bishop Johann Joseph von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (1733.07.06 – 1753.09.11)
- Archbishop Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (1753.09.29 – 1763.10.26)
- Bishop Hermann Hannibal Reichsgraf von Blümegen (1763.11.05 – 1774.10.17)
- Bishop Johann Andreas Kaiser (1775.05.14 – 1776.05.05)
- Archbishop Joseph Adam von Arco (1776.07.15 – 1780.01.01)
- Bishop Johann Leopold Ritter von Hay (1780.07.29 – 1794.06.01)
- Cardinal Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1795.07.01 – 1811.11.26)
- Archbishop Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28)
- Bishop Karel Boromejský Hanl z Kirchtreu (1832.02.24 – 1874)
- Bishop Josef Jan Hais (1875.07.05 – 1892)
- Bishop Eduard Jan Brynyck (1893.01.19 – 1902)
- Bishop Josef Doubrava (1903.06.22 – 1921.02.22)
- Cardinal Karel Kašpar (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22)
- Archbishop Karel Otcenášek (Apostolic Administrator 1950.03.30 – 1989.12.21)
- Bishop Maurizio Picha (1931.10.22 – 1956.11.12)
- Archbishop Karel Otcenášek (1989.12.21 – 1998.06.06)
- Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (6 June 1998 - 13 February 2010)
- Bishop Jan Vokál (3 March 2011 - )
See also
Sources
Notes
- ↑ Paulus VI: Const. Apost. Episcoporum Poloniae coetus, AAS 64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657seq.
Coordinates: 50°N 16°E / 50°N 16°E
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