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The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, joint in the national Czech

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, comprises : * a Latin hierarchy, consisting of two

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s, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishopric, with a total of six

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s * an Eastern Catholic (

Byzantine Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite: ** The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ** The Belarusian Gree ...

)

Apostolic Exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'') was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, ...

, covering the whole

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. There are no other exempt Latin jurisdictions. There is an

Apostolic Nunciature An apostolic nunciature is a top-level diplomatic mission of the Holy See that is equivalent to an embassy. However, it neither issues visas nor has consul (representative), consulates. The head of the apostolic nunciature is called a ''nuncio ...

to the Czech Republic as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level).

Current Latin dioceses

Ecclesiastical Province of Bohemia (Prague)

* Metropolitan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague The Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (; ) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Bohemian and Czech capital Prague, entirely sit ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice The Diocese of České Budějovice () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It is situated almost entirely in Bohemia, with only small eastern section in Moravia. The diocese was founded on 20 September 1785, and its area is 12 500 km2. ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové The Diocese of Hradec Králové (, ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hradec Králové in the Ecclesiastical Province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History On 10 November 1664, the diocese was established from ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň () is a diocese located in the city of Plzeň in the ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History * May 31, 1993: Established as Diocese of Plzeň from the Diocese of České Budějovice ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Moravia and Czech Silesia (Olomouc)

* Metropolitan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc (, ) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc. Special churches Its cathedral is Cathedral of St. Wen ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno The Diocese of Brno () is a Latin 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 * 1625: A collegiate chapt ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava The Diocese of Ostrava-Opava () is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc in Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral episcopal see is Katedrála Božského Spasitele, ...

Current Eastern Catholic jurisdiction

:''exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See''

Ruthenian Catholic Church

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Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic The Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is an exarchate of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church that was erected by Pope John Paul II on 13 March 1996. Also following the 1989 Velvet Revolution, the married men ...

Defunct jurisdictions

:All Latin

Titular See

One Episcopal

titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

: Diocese of Litomyšl

Other

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 Mo ...

(merged into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc)

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

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Catholic dioceses