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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

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

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olomucensis

Metropolitní Arcidiecéze Olomouc

Czech Republic

49°35′45″N 17°15′40″E / 49.59587660°N 17.26112080°E / 49.59587660; 17.26112080

10,018 km2 (3,868 sq mi)

(as of 2019)
1,359,847
737,300 (54,2%)

Catholic Church

Latin Rite

Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus

Wenceslaus

Francis

Flavianus Josephus Nouzíckhe[1]

Vacant

Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in , Zlín Region

Hostýn

Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in , Zlín Region

Velehrad

Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Olomouc,

Olomouc Region

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

Statistics[edit]

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.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

Its suffragan sees are :

15 March 1945: Lost territory to establish

Apostolic Administration of Opole

31 May 1978: Gained territory from the suppressed

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín

It was visited in April 1990 and May 1995.

Pope John Paul II

30 May 1996: Lost territory to establish as its suffragan

Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

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.

Jan (John) (1063–1085)

Vezel (1088–1091)

Ondřej (1091–1096)

Jindřich (1096–1099)

Petr (1099–1104)

Jan (1104–1126)

Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1126–1151)

Jindřich Zdík

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

Auxiliary Bishop

Fr. (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich

Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary Bishop

Cardinal (1711.09.15 – 1738.07.22)

Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach

(1738.10.11 – 1745.03.04)

Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Cardinal (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)

Ferdinand Julius von Troyer

(1758.04.27 – 1760.12.15)

Leopold Friedrich Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach

(1761.03.04 – 1776.10.31)

Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton

Cardinal Antonín Theodor Count of Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05)

Patron saints[edit]

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.

List of Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic

List of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Olomouc

a priest of the archdiocese convicted of child sexual abuse case

František Merta

Edit this at Wikidata (in Czech)

Official website

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

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

"Olmütz" 

from catholic-hierarchy.org

Olmomouc