Karel Farský (26 July 1880, in Škodějov, Semily District, Bohemia – 12 June 1927, in

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) was a

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, and later founder and first patriarch (1920) of the

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. He was Bishop of the West Bohemia (Prague) Diocese of the Czechoslovak Church from 1923 when he became the first patriarch of the church keeping both titles of patriarch and bishop until his death in 1927. he was succeeded by

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who took office in 1928.

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* Nĕmec, Ludvík (1975) ''The Czechoslovak Heresy and Schism: the emergence of a national Czechoslovak church'' American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, * Tonzar, David (2002) ''Vznik a vývoj novodobé husitské teologie a Církev československá husitska'' Karolinum, Prague, in Czech * Urban, Rudolf (1973) ''Die tschechoslowakische hussitische Kirche'' J.G. Herder-Institut, Marburg/Lahn, , in German 1880 births 1927 deaths People from Semily District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia 20th-century Czech Roman Catholic priests Czechoslovak Hussite Church bishops 20th-century archbishops Czechoslovak Roman Catholic priests Former Roman Catholics {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub