Jiří Paďour

Jiří Paďour OFMCap (4 April 1943 – 11 December 2015) was auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Prague from 1996 to 2001, and the Bishop of České Budějovice from 2002–2014.[1]

The Most Reverend

Jiří Paďour

OFMCap
XII Bishop of České Budějovice
Jiří Paďour, 2011
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseČeské Budějovice
Installed2002
Term ended2014
PredecessorAntonín Liška
SuccessorVlastimil Kročil
Personal details
Born(1943-04-04)4 April 1943
Vraclav, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died11 December 2015(2015-12-11) (aged 72)
Prachatice, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
MottoDominus Deus magnus est (Pán Bůh je Veliký)
Coat of armsJiří Paďour's coat of arms

Biography

Paďour graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in 1962, where he majored in acting. In the following years he was engaged at the Theatre on the Balustrade. In 1970 he decided to enroll in the seminary at St. Cyril and Methodius Theological Faculty in Litoměřice. He was ordained a priest in 1975, followed by two years (before losing state approval of the Communist regime) where he worked as a priest in Marienbad and its surroundings. On 4 October 1978, he secretly entered into the Capuchin Order.[2]

Paďour was elected as Provincial of the Capuchin Order twice in 1991 and 1994. On 3 December 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed Paďour as titular bishop and auxiliary bishop of Prague. His consecration was on 11 January 1997. On 23 February 2001 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of České Budějovice to Bishop Anthony Liska, and Paďour took over the leadership of the diocese on 25 September 2002.

On 1 March 2014, Pope Francis accepted Paďour's resignation for health reasons.[3] He died on 11 December 2015 in Prachatice.[4]

References
  1. "Bishop Jiří Paďour [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  2. "MSGR Jiří Paďour OFMCap". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "Biskup Paďour rezignoval a odchází z vedení českobudějovické diecéze". ihned.cz (in Czech). 1 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. "Zemřel Jiří Paďour, bývalý budějovický biskup, který byl v mládí hercem". 11 December 2015.


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