Josef Koukl (8 November 1926 in Brno – 22 May 2010 in

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. The town is the sea ...

) was the

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bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice,

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. Ordained to the priesthood on 23 April 1950, Koukl was appointed bishop of the Litoměřice Diocese by

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and was consecrated on 27 August 1989, retiring on 24 December 2003.

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