Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic, Czechia 🇨🇿 (Ruthenian Rite)

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ruthenian (Byzantine)

Type: Apostolic Exarchate

Name: Czech Republic / Reipublicæ Cechæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Deutschland und Skandinavien (←), Wrocław–Koszalin (↗), Przemyśl–Warszawa (→), Bratislava (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1996.01.18: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic / Reipublicæ Cechæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Prešov)

Present Prelates

Apostolic Exarch:

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Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Czech Republic (Ruthenian Rite)

Bishop Ladislav Hučko
(2003.04.24 – 2025.01.14)

Světlo světa

Born:	1948.02.06 (Prešov, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1996.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.31
Died:	2025.01.14 (Praha, Czechia † 76)

Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) (1996.03.30 – 2003.04.24)

Titular Bishop of Horæa (2003.04.24 – 2025.01.14)

Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (2003.04.24 – 2025.01.14)

General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005 – 2011.07.01)

Bishop Ivan Ljavinec
(1996.01.18 – 2003.04.23)

Hospoď kriposť moja

Born:	1923.04.18 (Volovec, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	1946.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.30
Died:	2012.12.09 († 89)

Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (1996.01.18 – 2003.04.23)

Titular Bishop of Acalissus (1996.01.18 – 2012.12.09)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ján Eugen Kočiš (2004.04.24 – 2006.10.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrála sv. Klimenta, Praha, Hlavní město Praha
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Deutschland und Skandinavien (←), Wrocław–Koszalin (↗), Przemyśl–Warszawa (→), Bratislava (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 17,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 19 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (diocesan), 3 deacons, 2 seminarians

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