Diocese of

Litoměřice

Czechia Czechia

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Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Litoměřice / Litomericen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Praha

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Zdislava Berka, sv. Felix, sv. Viktorin, sv. Štepán

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.23 – ...):Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (52)Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (52)

General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Litoměřice (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (52)Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (52)
(2023.12.23 – ...)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)
General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Pax nobis

Born:1971.11.16 (Praha, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1996.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:2024.03.02

General Secretary of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2016.04.19 [2016.10.01] – ...)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (2023.12.23 – ...)

Bishop Jan Baxant (76)Bishop Jan Baxant (76)
(2008.10.04 – 2023.12.23)

Bishop emeritus of Litoměřice (Czechia)

Ut videam

Born:1948.10.08 (Karlovy Vary, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1973.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:2008.11.22

Priest of Praha (Czechia) (1973.06.23 – 2008.10.04)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (2008.10.04 – 2023.12.23)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P. (81)Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (81) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.01.26 – 2008.10.04)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P. (81)Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (81) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2004.11.06 – 2008.01.26)

Bishop Pavel Posád (71)Bishop Pavel Posád (71)
(2003.12.24 – 2008.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Ptuj
Auxiliary Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Duc in altum

Born:1953.06.28 (Budkov, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1977.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.28

Priest of Brno (Czechia) (1977.06.26 – 2003.12.24)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (2003.12.24 – 2008.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Ptuj (2008.01.26 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (2008.01.26 – ...)

Bishop Josef Koukl
(1989.07.26 – 2003.12.24)

Deus caritas est

Born:1926.11.08 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1950.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1989.08.27
Died:2010.05.22 († 83)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1989.07.26 – 2003.12.24)

Cardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B.
(1947.09.27 – 1974.04.06)

Actio sacrificium caritas

Born:1905.03.26 (Francova Lhota, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1932.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1947.11.16
Created Cardinal in pectore:1969.04.28
Revealed as Cardinal:1973.03.05
Died:1974.04.06 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 69)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1947.09.27 – 1974.04.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title (1973.04.12 – 1974.04.06)

Bishop Antonin Alois Weber (later Archbishop)
(1931.10.22 – 1947.03.10)

Born:1877.10.24
Ordained Priest:1901.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:1931.11.22
Died:1948.09.12 († 70)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1931.10.22 – 1947.03.10)

Titular Archbishop of Samos (1947.03.10 – 1948.09.12)

Bishop Josef Gross
(1910.04.20 – 1931.01.20)

Born:1866.10.10
Ordained Priest:1889.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1910.05.22
Died:1931.01.20 († 64)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1910.04.20 – 1931.01.20)

Bishop Emanuel Jan Schöbel, O. Cr.
(1882 – 1909.11.28)

Born:1824.02.12 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1848.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.06
Died:1909.11.28 († 85)

Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1879 – 1882)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1882 – 1909.11.28)

Bishop Antonín Ludvík Frind
(1879 – 1881.10.18)

Born:1823.10.09
Ordained Priest:1847.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1879.06.22
Died:1881.10.18 († 58)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1879 – 1881.10.18)

Bishop Augustin Pavel Wahala
(1866 – 1877.09.10)

Born:1802.01.23
Ordained Priest:1827.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1866.04.08
Died:1877.09.10 († 75)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1866 – 1877.09.10)

Bishop Augustin Bartolomej Hille
(1832 – 1865.04.26)

Born:1786.12.02
Ordained Priest:1810.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1832.09.16
Died:1865.04.26 († 78)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1832 – 1865.04.26)

Archbishop Vinzenz Eduard Milde
(1823.05.06 – 1832.03.19)

Born:1777.05.11 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1800.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1823.07.13
Died:1853.03.14 († 75)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1823.01.16] 1823.05.06 – 1832.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) ([1831.10.27] 1832.03.19 – 1853.03.14)

Bishop Josef František Hurdalek
(1815.12.18 – 1822.09.28)

Born:1747.11.06
Ordained Priest:1771.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1816.02.18
Died:1833.12.27 († 86)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1815.12.18 – 1822.09.28)

Archbishop Václav von Chlumčansky
(1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15)

Born:1749.11.15 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1772.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1795.09.28
Died:1830.06.14 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1801.10.15] 1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) ([1814.12.30] 1815.03.15 – 1830.06.14)

Bishop Ferdinand Kindermann
(1790.03.29 – 1801.05.25)

Born:1740.09.27
Ordained Priest:1765.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:1790.07.04
Died:1801.05.25 († 60)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1790.02.04] 1790.03.29 – 1801.05.25)

Bishop Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein
(1760.01.28 – 1789.12.07)

Born:1716.07.17 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1740.12.17
Died:1789.12.07 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1759.07.19] 1760.01.28 – 1789.12.07)

Bishop Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz
(1733.10.01 – 1759.06.20)

Born:1702.12.01
Ordained Priest:1725
Consecrated Bishop:1730.08.27
Died:1759.06.20 († 56)

Titular Bishop of Pharsalus (1730.02.08 – 1732.03.03)

Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia) ([1731.10.08] 1732.03.03 – 1733.10.01)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1733.07.04] 1733.10.01 – 1759.06.20)

Bishop Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz
(1721.09.24 – 1733.06.02)

Born:1677.05.20
Ordained Priest:1702.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1711.06.14
Died:1733.06.02 († 56)

Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia) ([1710.11.12] 1711.05.12 – 1721.09.24)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1721.01.09] 1721.09.24 – 1733.06.02)

Bishop Hugo František von Königsegg-Rothenfels
(1711.01.26 – 1720.09.06)

Born:1660.05.07 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1705.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1711.06.07
Died:1720.09.06 († 60)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1709.08.06] 1711.01.26 – 1720.09.06)

Bishop Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg
(1676.06.22 – 1709.04.12)

Born:1641.05.23 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1668
Consecrated Bishop:1676.09.13
Died:1709.04.12 († 67)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1675.10.30] 1676.06.22 – 1709.04.12)

Bishop Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz
(1655.07.02 – 1675.10.13)

Born:1606
Ordained Priest:1630.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:1655.07.03
Died:1675.10.13 († 68)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1655.07.02 – 1675.10.13)

Archbishop Albrecht von Sternberg
(1371.10.13 – 1380.01.14)

Died:1380.01.14

Bishop of Schwerin (Germany) (1356.10.19 – 1364.08.23)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1364.08.23 – 1368.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Magdeburg (Germany) (1368.06.09 – 1371.10.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1371.10.13 – 1380.01.14)

Bishop Albrecht von Sternberg (later Archbishop)
(1364.08.23 – 1368.06.09)

(see above)

Bishop Johannes von Neumarkt (Jan ze Středy)
(1353.10.09 – 1364.08.23)

Died:1380.12.20

Bishop of Naumburg (Germany) (1352.02.15 – 1353.10.09)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1353.10.09 – 1364.08.23)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1364.08.23 – 1380.12.20)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Plzeň (↙), Dresden–Meißen (↖), Legnica (↗), Hradec Králové (→), Praha (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,393 km²

Population: 161,467 Catholics (12.0% of 1,341,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 384 parishes

Personnel: 111 priests (78 diocesan, 33 religious), 12 deacons, 64 religious (35 brothers, 29 sisters), 4 seminarians

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