Diocese of

České Budějovice

Czechia Czechia

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Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: České Budějovice / Budovicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Praha

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra, Saint John of Nepomuk

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.19 – ...):Bishop Vlastimil Kročil (63)Bishop Vlastimil Kročil (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2008.01.26 – ...):Bishop Pavel Posád (71)Bishop Pavel Posád (71)

Titular Bishop of Ptuj

Ordinaries

Bishops of České Budějovice (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vlastimil Kročil (63)Bishop Vlastimil Kročil (63)
(2015.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Milovat a sloužit bohu

Born:1961.05.10 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1994.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:2015.06.13

Priest of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1994.07.16 – 2015.03.19)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (2015.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap.
(2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01)

Dominus Deus magnus est

Born:1943.04.04 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1975.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1997.01.11
Died:2015.12.11 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01)

Bishop Antonín Liška, C.SS.R.
(1991.08.28 – 2002.09.25)

Evangelizare pauperibus

Born:1924.09.17 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1951.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1988.06.11
Died:2003.10.15 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1991.08.28 – 2002.09.25)

Bishop Miloslav Vlk (later Cardinal)
(1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27)

Ut omnes unum sint / Aby všichni byli jedno

Born:1932.05.17 (Líšnice-Sepekov, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1990.03.31
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26
Died:2017.03.18 (Praha, Czechia † 84)

Priest of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1968.06.23 – 1990.02.14)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1991.03.27 – 2010.02.13)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 2000.01.25)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1993.04.16 – 2001.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18)

Bishop Joseph Hlouch
(1947.06.25 – 1972.06.10)

Born:1902.03.26 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1926.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1947.08.15
Died:1972.06.10 († 70)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1947.06.25 – 1972.06.10)

Bishop Šimon Bárta
(1920.12.16 – 1940.05.02)

Born:1864.10.27 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1889.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1921.02.18
Died:1940.05.02 († 75)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1920.12.16 – 1940.05.02)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Hulka
(1907.12.16 – 1920.02.06)

Born:1851.02.10 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1875.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:1908.01.06
Died:1920.02.06 († 68)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1907.12.16 – 1920.02.06)

Bishop Martin Joseph Ríha
(1885.07.27 – 1907.02.06)

Born:1839.11.11 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1862.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1885.09.06
Died:1907.02.06 († 67)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1885.07.27 – 1907.02.06)

Bishop Franziskus von Paula Schönborn (later Cardinal)
(1883.09.28 – 1885.07.27)

Born:1844.01.24 (Praha, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1873.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:1883.11.18
Created Cardinal:1889.05.24
Died:1899.06.25 (Falkenau an der Eger, Czechia † 55)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1883.09.28 – 1885.07.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1885.07.27 – 1899.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1889.12.30 – 1899.06.25)

Bishop Johann Valerian Jirsík
(1851.09.05 – 1883.02.23)

Born:1798.06.19
Ordained Priest:1820.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:1851.10.19
Died:1883.02.23 († 84)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1851.09.05 – 1883.02.23)

Bishop Joseph Andreas Lindauer
(1845 – 1850.06.04)

Born:1784.11.29
Ordained Priest:1807.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:1846.01.18
Died:1850.06.04 († 65)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1845 – 1850.06.04)

Bishop Constantin Ernest Růžička
(1816.03.08 – 1845.03.18)

Born:1761.12.21
Ordained Priest:1785.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1816.08.25
Died:1845.03.18 († 83)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) ([1815.06.15] 1816.03.08 – 1845.03.18)

Bishop Johann Prokop Graf von Schaffgotsch
(1785.09.27 – 1813.05.08)

Born:1748.05.22 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1771.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1785.12.11
Died:1813.05.08 († 64)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) ([1784.12.20] 1785.09.27 – 1813.05.08)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Passau (↙), Plzeň (↖), Praha (↑), Hradec Králové (↗), Brno (→), Sankt Pölten (↘), Linz (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,500 km²

Population: 281,880 Catholics (37.5% of 751,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 241 parishes

Personnel: 103 priests (67 diocesan, 36 religious), 25 deacons, 114 religious (47 brothers, 67 sisters), 10 seminarians

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