Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

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

Archdiocese of Olomouc

Dioecesis Olomucensis

Arcidiecéze Olomouc
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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		(as of 2019)
1,359,847
737,300 (54,2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St. Wenceslaus
Patron saintWenceslaus
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopVacant
Auxiliary BishopsJosef Hrdlička
Map
Website
www.ado.cz

Special churches

Its cathedral is Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus in Olomouc and it 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

Its 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
Suffragan Bishops of Olomouc
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)

Patron saints

Patron saints of the Archdiocese of Olomouc include: Wenceslaus (primary), Cyril and Methodius, Pięciu Braci Męczenników, Adalbert of Prague, Vitus, Procopius of Sázava, Święta Kordula, Ludmila and Pavlína Římská.

See also

References
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    • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Olmütz" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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