Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Olomouc

Czechia Czechia

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Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Brno, Ostrava–Opava

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Patron Saint: Saint Wenceslaus

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.02.09 – ...):Archbishop Josef Nuzík (58)Archbishop Josef Nuzík (58)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...):Bishop Antonín Basler (68)Bishop Antonín Basler (68)

Titular Bishop of Vaga

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Olomouc (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Josef Nuzík (58)Archbishop Josef Nuzík (58)
(2024.02.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Hlásat radostnou zvěst

Born:1966.07.25 (Stráni, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1995.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:2017.10.14

Priest of Olomouc (Czechia) (1995.06.17 – 2017.07.05)

Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ (2017.07.05 – 2024.02.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (2017.07.05 – 2024.02.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (2024.02.09 – ...)

Archbishop Jan Graubner (76)Archbishop Jan Graubner (76)
(1992.09.28 – 2022.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)
President of Czech Bishops’ Conference

Quod dixerit vobis facite

Born:1948.08.29 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1973.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1990.04.07

Priest of Olomouc (Czechia) (1973.06.23 – 1990.03.17)

Titular Bishop of Tagaria (1990.03.17 – 1992.09.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1990.03.17 – 1992.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1992.09.28 – 2022.05.13)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2000.01.25 – 2010.04.21)

Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2010.04.21 – 2020.04.28)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2020.04.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (2022.05.13 – ...)

Archbishop František Vaňák
(1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14)

Eritis mihi testes / Budete mi svědky

Born:1916.06.28 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1941.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1989.08.26
Died:1991.09.14 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Assuras (1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc (Czechia) (1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14)

Bishop František Vaňák (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)

Bishop Josef Vrana
(Apostolic Administrator 1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30)

Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha
(1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03)

Born:1888.05.14 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1914.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1948.05.02
Died:1961.11.03 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03)

Archbishop Leopold Prečan
(1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02)

Born:1866.03.08 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1889.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1923.12.30
Died:1947.03.02 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02)

Archbishop Antonín Cyril Stojan
(1921.03.10 – 1923.09.29)

Born:1851.05.22 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1876.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1921.04.03
Died:1923.09.29 († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1921.03.10 – 1923.09.29)

Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště
(1916.05.05 – 1920.07.06)

Born:1863.06.12 (Hausdorf, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1889.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1900.01.06
Created Cardinal:1901.04.15
Died:1938.12.24 (Oberlangendorf, Czechia † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1899.12.14 – 1916.05.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1902.06.09 – 1938.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1916.05.05 – 1920.07.06)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1928.12.07 – 1938.12.24)

Cardinal František Salesky Bauer
(1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25)

Chci kráčet ve stopách svatého cyrila a metoděje

Born:1841.01.26 (Hrachovec, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1863.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.15
Created Cardinal:1911.11.27
Died:1915.11.25 (Olomouc, Czechia † 74)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1882.07.03 – 1904.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1912.12.02 – 1915.11.25)

Archbishop Theodor Kohn
(1893.01.16 – 1904.05.10)

Born:1845.03.22 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1871.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1893.02.05
Died:1915.12.03 († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1893.01.16 – 1904.05.10)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1904.05.10 – 1915.12.03)

Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg
(1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20)

Born:1813.10.08 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1836.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:1853.09.04
Created Cardinal:1879.05.12
Died:1892.08.20 (Hukvaldy, Czechia † 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1880.02.27 – 1892.08.20)

Cardinal Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh
(1837.05.19 – 1853.03.31)

Born:1769.12.21 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1797.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:1837.06.18
Created Cardinal:1850.09.30
Died:1853.03.31 (Olomouc, Czechia † 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1836.11.21] 1837.05.19 – 1853.03.31)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1850.09.30 – 1853.03.31)

Archbishop Ferdinand Maria von Chotek
(1832.02.24 – 1836.09.05)

Born:1781.09.08 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1805.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1817.06.01
Died:1836.09.05 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (1817.04.14 – 1831.09.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1817.04.14 – 1831.09.30)

Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1831.09.30 – 1832.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1832.02.24 – 1836.09.05)

Cardinal Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen
(1819.03.24 – 1831.07.24)

Born:1788.01.08 (Pisa, Italy)
Created Cardinal:1819.06.04
Ordained Priest:1819.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:1819.09.26
Died:1831.07.24 (Baden, Austria † 43)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1805.06.24 – 1811.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1819.03.24 – 1831.07.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1819.06.04 – 1831.07.24)

Cardinal Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg
(1811.11.26 – 1819.01.20)

Born:1761.05.28 (Graz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1783.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1795.09.08
Created Cardinal:1816.09.23
Died:1819.01.20 (Wien, Austria † 57)

Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia) (1795.07.01 – 1811.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1811.11.26 – 1819.01.20)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1816.09.23 – 1819.01.20)

Cardinal Antonín Theodor Hrabí Colloredo-Waldsee
(1777.12.05 – 1811.09.12)

Born:1729.06.29 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1758.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:1778.05.17
Created Cardinal:1803.01.17
Died:1811.09.12 (Kroměříž, Czechia † 82)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1777.12.05 – 1811.09.12)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1803.01.17 – 1811.09.12)

Bishops of Olomouc (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Antonín Theodor Hrabí Colloredo-Waldsee (later Cardinal)
(1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05)

(see above)

Bishop Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton
(1761.08.17 – 1776.10.31)

Born:1714.03.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1738.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:1762.08.22
Died:1776.10.31 († 62)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1761.03.04] 1761.08.17 – 1776.10.31)

Bishop Leopold Friedrich Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach
(1758.10.02 – 1760.12.15)

Born:1696.05.14 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1721.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:1758.11.19
Died:1760.12.15 († 64)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1758.04.27] 1758.10.02 – 1760.12.15)

Cardinal Ferdinand Julius von Troyer
(1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)

Born:1698.01.20 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1720.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1746.05.02
Created Cardinal:1747.04.10
Died:1758.02.05 († 60)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1747.04.10 – 1758.02.05)

Archbishop Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
(1739.01.26 – 1745.03.04)

Born:1690.02.02
Ordained Priest:1713.03
Consecrated Bishop:1728.03.14
Died:1747.06.12 († 57)

Bishop of Seckau (Austria) (1728.01.17 – 1739.01.26)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1738.10.11] 1739.01.26 – 1745.03.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) ([1745.01.13] 1745.03.04 – 1747.06.12)

Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach
(1711.12.23 – 1738.07.22)

Born:1660.09.12 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1688.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1712
Created Cardinal:1712.05.18
Died:1738.07.22 († 77)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1711.09.15] 1711.12.23 – 1738.07.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1714.12.07 – 1738.07.22)

Fr. Karl Joseph von Lothringen
(1695.01.20 – 1711.01.06)

Born:1680.11.24 (Austria)
Died:1715.12.04 († 35)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1694.09.13] 1695.01.20 – 1711.01.06)

Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1698.04.14] 1698.09.29 – 1715.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trier (Germany) ([1710.09.24] 1711.01.06 – 1715.12.04)

Bishop Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
(1665.06.28 – 1695.09.23)

Born:1623.03.17
Ordained Priest:1655
Died:1695.09.23 († 72)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1664.03.12] 1665.06.28 – 1695.09.23)

Fr. Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich
(1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Born:1649.08.07 (Austria)
Died:1664.01.27 († 14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1662.04.13] 1662.09.01 – 1662.11.20)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) (1662.11.20 – 1664.01.27)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)

Fr. Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich
(1638.09.28 – 1662.11.02)

Born:1614.01.06 (Germany)
Died:1662.11.02 († 48)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1625.11.08] 1626.02.01 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1626.10.10 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Halberstadt (Germany) (1627.12.24 – 1648)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1637.11.16] 1638.09.28 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1656.01.21 – 1662.11.02)

Bishop Johannes Ernst Plateis von Plattenstein
(1636 – 1637)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1636 – 1637)

Cardinal Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein
(1599.09.01 – 1636.11.23)

Born:1570.08.22 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1597
Created Cardinal:1599.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:1599.09.08
Died:1636.11.23 († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1599.03.17 – 1623.09.27)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1599.09.01 – 1636.11.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1623.09.27 – 1636.11.23)

Bishop Stanislav Pavlovský
(1579 – 1599)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1579 – 1599)

Bishop Johannes Mezoun
(1576 – 1578)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1576 – 1578)

Bishop Thomas Albin von Helfenburg
(1574 – 1575)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1574 – 1575)

Bishop Jan Grodecký
(1572 – 1574)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1572 – 1574)

Bishop Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova
(1565 – 1572)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1565 – 1572)

Bishop Marek Khuen z Olomouce
(1553 – 1565)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1553 – 1565)

Bishop Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště
(1541 – 1553)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1541 – 1553)

Bishop Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína
(1540 – 1541)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1540 – 1541)

Bishop Stanislav Thurzó
(1497 – 1540)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1497 – 1540)

Cardinal Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní
(Apostolic Administrator 1493.02.08 – 1497.01.30)

Cardinal Ardicino della Porta
(Apostolic Administrator 1489.06.03 – 1493.02.04)

Bishop János Vitéz
(Apostolic Administrator 1487 – 1489)

Bishop Johann Filipec
(1484 – 1490)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1484 – 1490)

Bishop Tas z Boskovic
(1457 – 1482)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1457 – 1482)

Bishop Bohuslav ze Zvole
(1454 – 1457)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1454 – 1457)

Bishop Johann Haes
(1450 – 1454)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1450 – 1454)

Bishop Pavel z Miličína
(1434 – 1450)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1434 – 1450)

Bishop Kuneš ze Zvole
(1430 – 1434)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1430 – 1434)

Cardinal Johann von Bucka, O. Praem.
(1418.02.14 – 1430.10.09)

Born:1360 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1389.04.28
Created Cardinal:1426.05.24
Died:1430.10.09 († 69)

Bishop of Litomyšl (1392 – 1418.02.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Litomyšl (1418.02.14 – 1420)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1416.09.21] 1418.02.14 – 1430.10.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Praha (Czechia) (1421.08.13 – 1430.10.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1426.05.27 – 1430.10.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Vác (Hungary) (1429 – 1430.10.09)

Fr. Aleš z Březí
(1416 – 1418 not possessed)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1416 – 1418 not possessed)

Bishop Konrád z Vechty (later Archbishop)
(1409 – 1412)

Died:1421.12.24

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1409 – 1412)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1413 – 1421.12.24)

Bishop Lacek z Kravař
(1403 – 1408)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1403 – 1408)

Bishop Jan Mráz
(1397.07.20 – 1403)

Bishop of Lebus (Germany) (1392.11.15 – 1397.07.20)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1397.07.20 – 1403)

Bishop Nikolaus von Riesenburg
(1388 – 1397)

Bishop of Konstanz (Germany) (1385.01.25 – 1388)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1388 – 1397)

Bishop Jan Soběslav
(1387 – 1387)

Bishop of Litomyšl (1380 – 1387)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1387 – 1387)

Archbishop Petr Jelito
(1381 – 1387)

Bishop of Chur (Switzerland) (1356.06.10 – 1368.06.09)

Bishop of Litomyšl (1368.06.09 – 1371.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Magdeburg (Germany) (1371.10.13 – 1381)

Archbishop-Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1381 – 1387)

Bishop Johannes von Neumarkt (Jan ze Středy)
(1364.08.23 – 1380.12.20)

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)

Bishop Jan Očko z Vlašim (later Cardinal)
(1351.11.17 – 1364.08.23)

Born:1292 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1351?
Created Cardinal:1378.09.18
Died:1380.01.14 († 87)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1351.11.17 – 1364.08.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1364.08.23 – 1379.03.06)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1378.09.18 – 1380.01.14)

Bishop Jan Volek
(1334 – 1351)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1334 – 1351)

Bishop Jindřich Berka z Dubé
(1327 – 1333)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1327 – 1333)

Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1333 – ?)

Bishop Konrad
(1316 – 1326)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1316 – 1326)

Bishop Pietro Angeli de Ponte Corvo
(1311 – 1316)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1311 – 1316)

Bishop Johannes von Waldstein
(1302 – 1311)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1302 – 1311)

Bishop Theoderich von Neuhaus
(1281 – 1302)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1281 – 1302)

Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg
(1245 – 1281)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1245 – 1281)

Bishop Konrad von Friedberg
(1241 – 1245)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1241 – 1245)

Fr. Wilhelm
(1241 – 1245 not possessed)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1241 – 1245 not possessed)

Bishop Robert
(1201 – 1240)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1201 – 1240)

Bishop Jan Bavor
(1199 – 1201)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1199 – 1201)

Bishop Engelbert von Brabant
(1194 – 1199)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1194 – 1199)

Bishop Kaim von Böhmen
(1184 – 1194)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1184 – 1194)

Bishop Pelhřim
(1182 – 1184)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1182 – 1184)

Bishop Dětleb
(1172 – 1182)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1172 – 1182)

Bishop Jan z Litomyšle
(1157 – 1172)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1157 – 1172)

Bishop Jan
(1151 – 1157)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1151 – 1157)

Bishop Jindřich Zdík, O. Praem.
(1126 – 1151)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1126 – 1151)

Bishop Jan
(1104 – 1126)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1104 – 1126)

Bishop Petr
(1099 – 1104)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1099 – 1104)

Bishop Jindřich
(1096 – 1099)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1096 – 1099)

Bishop Ondřej
(1091 – 1096)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1091 – 1096)

Bishop Vezel
(1088 – 1091)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1088 – 1091)

Bishop Jan
(1063 – 1085)

Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1063 – 1085)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Brno (↙), Hradec Králové (↖), Świdnica (↑), Ostrava–Opava (↗), Žilina (↘), Trnava (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,018 km²

Population: 745,000 Catholics (54.2% of 1,374,250 total)

Pastoral Centres: 418 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 313 priests (231 diocesan, 82 religious), 42 deacons, 272 religious (101 brothers, 171 sisters), 13 seminarians

Population

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