Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové

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Diocese of Hradec Králové

Dioecesis Riginae Gradecensis

Diecéze královéhradecká
Wappen Bistum Königgrätz.png
Location
Country Czech Republic
MetropolitanPrague
Statistics
Area11,650 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2016)
Increase1,272,000
Increase454,200 (Steady35.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Holy Spirit
Katedrála Svatého Ducha
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJan Vokál
Auxiliary BishopsJosef Kajnek
Map
Rep Ceca - Diocesi di Hradec Kralove.png
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

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 – 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)
    • Bishop , O.S.B. (10 November 1664 – 11 March 1669), appointed Archbishop of Prague
    • Bishop (16 June 1668 – 2 December 1675), appointed Archbishop of Prague
    • Bishop (15 January 1676 – 3 April 1698)
    • Bishop (23 September 1698 – 18 September 1701)
    • Bishop (24 November 1701 – 11 September 1710)
    • Bishop (12 November 1710 – 24 September 1721), appointed Bishop of Litomerice
    • Bishop (9 January 1721 – 26 March 1731)
    • Bishop (8 October 1731 – 1 October 1733), appointed Bishop of Litomerice
    • Bishop (6 July 1733 – 11 September 1753)
    • Archbishop (personal title) (29 September 1753 – 26 October 1763), succeeded as Archbishop of Prague
    • Bishop (5 November 1763 – 17 October 1774)
    • Bishop (14 May 1775 – 5 May 1776)
    • Bishop  [] (15 July 1776 – 1 January 1780), appointed Bishop of Seckau, Austria; future Archbishop
    • Bishop Johann Leopold Ritter von Hay (29 July 1780 – 1 June 1794)
    • Bishop Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1 July 1795 – 26 November 1811), appointed Archbishop of Olomouc (Cardinal in 1816)
    • Bishop Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat (15 March 1815 – 28 February 1831), appointed Archbishop of Prague
    • Bishop (24 February 1832 – 1874)
    • Bishop (5 July 1875 – 27 October 1892)
    • Bishop (19 January 1893 – 20 November 1902)
    • Bishop (22 June 1903 – 22 February 1921)
    • Bishop Karel Kašpar (13 June 1921 – 22 October 1931), appointed Archbishop of Prague (Cardinal in 1935)
    • Bishop (22 October 1931 – 12 November 1956)
    • Bishop Karel Otcenášek (Apostolic Administrator 30 March 1950 – 21 December 1989); see below
    • Bishop Karel Otcenášek (21 December 1989 – 6 June 1998); see above; became an Archbishop later in 1998
    • Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (6 June 1998 – 13 February 2010), appointed Archbishop of Prague (Cardinal in 2012)
    • Bishop Jan Vokál (3 March 2011 – )

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic

Sources[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Paulus VI: Const. Apost. Episcoporum Poloniae coetus, AAS 64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657seq.

Coordinates: 50°N 16°E / 50°N 16°E / 50; 16

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