Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc (Czech: Arcidiecéze olomoucká, Latin: Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is the Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc.

Archdiocese of Olomouc

Dioecesis Olomucensis

Arcidiecéze Olomouc
catholic
Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus
Location
CountryCzech Republic
Coordinates49°35′45″N 17°15′40″E
Statistics
Area10,018 km2 (3,868 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2016)
1,410,000
746,900 (53%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St. Wenceslaus
Patron saintWenceslaus
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJan Graubner
Auxiliary BishopsJosef Hrdlička
Map
Website
www.ado.cz

Special churches

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus in Olomouc and also has three Marian minor basilicas:

  • Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Hostýn, Zlín Region
  • Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad, Zlín Region
  • Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Olomouc, Olomouc Region

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

The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are :

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 (Breslau, Silesia), in 1863 exchanged territory with Moravian Diocese of Brno.

Episcopal ordinaries
See also: List of bishops and archbishops of Olomouc

(all Roman rite)

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, Norbertines (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. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (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 (1664.03.12 – 1695.09.23)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Alexander Dirre (1668.06.11 – 1669.11.21)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (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 (1694.09.13 – 1698.09.29)
  • Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach (1711.09.15 – 1738.07.22)
  • Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1738.10.11 – 1745.03.04)
  • Cardinal Ferdinand Julius von Troyer (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)
  • Leopold Friedrich Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach (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

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)
    • Bishop-elect 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)

See also

References
    • Official website (in Czech)
    • GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
    • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Olmütz" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
    • Olmomouc from catholic-hierarchy.org
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