Diocese of Ostrava–Opava, Czechia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ostrava–Opava / Ostravien(sis)–Opavien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olomouc

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Hedwig of Silesia

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History

1996.05.30: Established as Diocese of Ostrava–Opava / Ostravien(sis)–Opavien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc and became suffragan of Olomouc)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.04 – ...):

Bishop Martin David (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ostrava–Opava (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin David (54)
(2023.07.04 – ...)

Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia)

Slovo se stalo tělem

Born:	1970.08.15 (Čeladná, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	2000.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.05.28

Priest of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) (2000.06.24 – 2017.04.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2012.01.12 – 2017.04.07)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia (2017.04.07 – 2023.07.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) (2017.04.07 – 2023.07.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) (2020.06.01 – 2023.07.04)

Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) (2023.07.04 – ...)

Bishop Martin David (54)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.06.01 – 2023.07.04)

Bishop František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem.
(1996.05.30 – 2022.02.17)

Pro vita mundi

Born:	1948.01.05 (Plzen, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	1972.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.07
Died:	2022.02.17 (Ostrava, Czechia † 74)

Titular Bishop of Catabum castra (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)

Bishop of Ostrava–Opava (Czechia) (1996.05.30 – 2022.02.17)

Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin David (54) (2017.04.07 – 2023.07.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrála Božského Spasitele, Ostrava, Moravskoslezský kraj
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedrála Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, Opava, Moravskoslezský kraj
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Navštívení Panny Marie, Frýdek-Místek, Moravskoslezský kraj
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Olomouc (↙), Świdnica (↖), Opole (↑), Katowice (↗), Bielsko–Żywiec (→), Žilina (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,150 km²

Population: 424,600 Catholics (33.2% of 1,278,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 276 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 216 priests (185 diocesan, 31 religious), 29 deacons, 169 religious (59 brothers, 110 sisters), 3 seminarians