Diocese of

Litoměřice

Czechia Czechia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Litoměřice / Litomericen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Praha

Neighbouring Dioceses: Plzeň (↙), Dresden–Meißen (↖), Legnica (↗), Hradec Králové (→), 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:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Litoměřice (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (54)Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, C.SS.R. (54) (later Archbishop)
(2023.12.23 – 2026.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
Vice-President 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] – 2024.08.01)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (2023.12.23 – 2026.02.02)

Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2025.04.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (2026.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Jan Baxant (77)Bishop Jan Baxant (77)
(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)

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

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

Bishop Pavel Posád (72)Bishop Pavel Posád (72)
(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 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1950.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1989.08.27
Died:2010.05.22 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Wolfsberg, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1901.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:1931.11.22
Died:1948.09.12 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Přimda, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1889.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1910.05.22
Died:1931.01.20 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Radowenz, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1848.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.06
Died:1909.11.28 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Haňspach, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1847.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1879.06.08
Died:1881.10.18 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 58)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1879 – 1881.10.18)

Bishop Augustin Pavel Wahala
(1866 – 1877.09.10)

Born:1802.01.23 (Palzendorf, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1827.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1866.04.08
Died:1877.09.10 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 75)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1866 – 1877.09.10)

Bishop Augustin Bartolomej Hille
(1832 – 1865.04.26)

Born:1786.12.02 (Velký Šenov, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1810.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1832.09.16
Died:1865.04.26 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 78)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) (1832 – 1865.04.26)

Archbishop Vinzenz Eduard Milde
(1823.05.06 – 1832.03.19)

Born:1777.05.11 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1800.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1823.07.13
Died:1853.03.14 (Wien, Austria † 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 (Náchode, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1771.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1816.02.18
Died:1833.12.27 (Praha, Czechia † 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 (Hoštice, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1772.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1795.09.28
Died:1830.06.14 (Praha, Czechia † 80)

Titular Bishop of Canea (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 (Království, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1765.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:1790.07.04
Died:1801.05.25 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Praha, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1740.12.17
Died:1789.12.07 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Neustadt, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1725
Consecrated Bishop:1730.08.27
Died:1759.06.20 (Znojmo-Hradiště, Czechia † 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 (Chotoviny, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1702.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1711.06.14
Died:1733.06.02 (Mödling, Austria † 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 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1705.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1711.06.07
Died:1720.09.06 (Bonn, Germany † 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 (Praha, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1668
Consecrated Bishop:1676.08.23
Died:1709.04.12 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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 (Warnsdorf, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1630.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:1655.07.11
Died:1675.10.13 (Litoměřice, Czechia † 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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