The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc ( cs, Arcidiecéze olomoucká, la, Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the

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of the

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in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has its seat in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on t ...

Special churches

Its

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is Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus in Olomouc and it has three Marian

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s: * Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in

Hostýn Hostýn (or Svatý Hostýn, i.e. Saint Hostýn) is a hill in Chvalčov in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains and has an elevation of . It is an important Marian place of pilgrimage. The pilgrim ...

Zlín Region Zlín Region ( cs, Zlínský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it f ...

* Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in

Velehrad Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known as a pilgrimage site. Geography Most of the municipality lies in the Chřiby highlands. ...

, Zlín Region * Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Olomouc,

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region ( cs, Olomoucký kraj; , ; pl, Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of t ...

Statistics

As of 2015, it pastorally served 746,900 Catholics (53.0% of 1,410,000 total) on 10,018 km² in 418 parishes and 2 missions with 343 priests (246 diocesan, 97 religious), 33 deacons, 326 lay religious (117 brothers, 209 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are : *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno ( la, Brun(ensis)) is a diocese located in the city of Brno in the ecclesiastical province of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. History * 1296: A collegiate (latter the cathedral) chapter established in Brno ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava ( la, Ostravien(sis)-Opavien(sis) ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc in Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral ep ...

History

Established in 1063 as Diocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of Prague (now Metropolitan) and promoted on 5 December 1777 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Brno). In 1788 it gained territory from the

Diocese of Wrocław In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

(Breslau, Silesia), in 1863 exchanged territory with Moravian Diocese of Brno. * 15 March 1945: Lost territory to establish

Apostolic Administration of Opole The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ( la, Opoliensis) is a diocese located in the city of Opole in the Ecclesiastical province of Katowice in Poland. History * 1945: Established as Apostolic Administration of Opole * 28 June 1972: Established ...

* 31 May 1978: Gained territory from the suppressed

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín The Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín was a short-lived (1947–1978) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Czechoslovakia. History * Established in 1947 as the Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín (named after the Mor ...

* It was visited

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in April 1990 and May 1995. * 30 May 1996: Lost territory to establish

Diocese of Ostrava-Opava The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava ( la, Ostravien(sis)-Opavien(sis) ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc in Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral epi ...

as its suffragan

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Olomouc * Jan (John) (1063–1085) * Vezel (1088–1091) * Ondřej (1091–1096) * Jindřich (1096–1099) * Petr (1099–1104) * Jan (1104–1126) *

Jindřich Zdík Jindřich Zdík (also anglicized as ''Henry Zdík'') (c. 1083 – 1150 in Prague) was bishop of Olomouc from 1126 to 1150. Biography Zdík went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1137/1138. While he was there, Rorgo Fretellus of Nazareth dedic ...

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(O. Praem.) (1126–1151) * Jan (1151–1157) * Jan of Litomyšl (1157–1172) * Dětleb (1172–1182) * Pelhřim (1182–1184) * Kaim of Bohemia (1184–1194) * Engelbert von Brabant (1194–1199) * Jan Bavor (1199–1201) * Robert (1201–1240) * Father Wilhelm (1241–1245 ''not possessed'') * Konrad von Friedberg (1241–1245) * ... ** Auxiliary Bishop: Vilem Kolina, O.E.S.A. (16 May 1442 – 1482?) * ... ** Auxiliary Bishop: André Byssmann, O.E.S.A. (21 June 1482 – 1501) * * ... * Cardinal Franz (Seraph) von Dietrichstein (1599.09.01 – 1636.11.23) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. (1608.01.28 – 1617.01.29) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner (1630.09.09 – 1639.09.05) * Fr.

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(1637.11.16 – 1662.11.02) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Sigismund Graf Miutini von Spilenberg (1648.03.30 – 1653) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Gobar (1652.08.26 – 1665) * Fr. Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27) *

Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1623–1695) was a Catholic priest and prince-bishop. In 1655 he was ordained priest in the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (a part of today's Austria). Between 1664 and 1695 he served as Prince-Bishop of O ...

(1664.03.12 – 1695.09.23) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Alexander Dirre (1668.06.11 – 1669.11.21) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop

Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) ** Coadjutor Bishop: Franciscus Antonius von und zu Losenstein (1690.11.27 – 1692.06.17) * Fr.

Karl Joseph von Lothringen Charles Joseph John Anthony Ignace Felix of Lorraine (german: Karl Joseph Anton Johann Ignaz Felix von Lothringen), also known as ''Charles III'' in his capacity as the bishop of Olomouc (24 November 1680 – 4 December 1715), was a German prela ...

(1694.09.13 – 1698.09.29) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Schröffel (1696.12.03 – 1702.08.23) * Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach (1711.09.15 – 1738.07.22) *

Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (14 February 1690 in Doboszowice, Hertwigswalde – 12 June 1747 in Salzburg) was Roman Catholic Diocese of Graz-Seckau, Bishop of Seckau, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc, Bishop of Olomouc and Archb ...

(1738.10.11 – 1745.03.04) * Cardinal Ferdinand Julius von Troyer (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05) *

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(1758.04.27 – 1760.12.15) * Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton (1761.03.04 – 1776.10.31) * Cardinal Antonín Theodor Count of Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05) ;Metropolitan Archbishops of Olomouc * Cardinal Antonín Theodor Count of Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.12.05 – 1811.09.12) * Cardinal Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1811.11.26 – 1819.01.20) * Cardinal Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen (1819.03.24 – 1831.07.24) **

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: Archbishop-elect Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen (later Cardinal) (1805.06.24 – 1811.09.15) * Ferdinand Maria von Chotek (1832.02.24 – 1836.09.05) * Cardinal Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh (1836.11.21 – 1853.03.31) * Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg (1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20) * Théodore Kohn (1893.01.16 – 1904.06.10) * Cardinal Frantisek Salesky Bauer (1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25) * Cardinal

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(1916.05.05 – 1920.07.06) * Antonín Cyril Stojan (1921.03.10 – 1923) * Leopoldo Precan (1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02) * Joseph Matocha (1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03) **''

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Josef Vrana (1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30)'' **''

František Vanák (1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)'' * František Vanák (1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14) * Jan Graubner (1992.09.28 – 2022.05.13) ** Auxiliary Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...): Antonín Basler,

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of Vaga (2017.07.05 – ...) ** Auxiliary Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...): Josef Nuzík, Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ (2017.07.05 – ...)

Auxiliary bishops

** Josef Nuzík (2017.07.05 – ) ** Antonín Basler (2017.07.05 – ) ** Josef Hrdlička (1990.03.17 – 2017.02.01) ** Archbishop Jan Graubner (1990.03.17 – 1992.09.28) ** Cardinal František Tomášek (1949.10.12 – 1977.12.30) ** Joseph Martin Nathan (1943.04.17 – 1947.01.30) ** Stanislav Zela (1940.10.11 – 1969.12.06) ** Giovanni Stavel (1927.04.29 – 1938.11.06) ** Josef Schinzel (1922.11.14 – 1944.07.28) ** Guglielmo Blazek (1906.12.06 – 1912.03.05) ** Carlo Wisnar (1904.11.14 – 1926.04.18) ** Jan Nepomuk Weinlich (1904.11.14 – 1905.12.24) ** Gustavo de Belrupt-Tyssac (1880.12.13 – 1895.06.09) ** Rodolpho von Thysebaert (1842.05.23 – 1868.05.12) ** Archbishop Alois Josef Schrenk (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17) **

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Franz Anton Gindl (1831.09.30 – 1831.11.16) ** Ferdinand Maria von Chotek (later Archbishop) (1817.04.14 – 1831.09.30) ** Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat (later Archbishop) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15) ** Karl Godefried Ritter von Rosenthal (1779.03.01 – 1800.05.25) ** Joannes Wenceslaus von Freyenfels (1771.12.16 – 1776.10.17) ** Matthias Franz Reichsgraf von Chorinsky (1769.09.11 – 1777.12.15) ** Johann Karl Leopold Graf von Scherffenberg (1749.04.21 – 1771.04.17) ** Otto Honorius Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach (1729.08.03 – 1748.04.30) ** Franz Julian Graf von Braida (1703.06.04 – 1727)

References

External links

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GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
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catholic-hierarchy.org
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