Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice

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Diocese of Litoměřice
Dioecesis Litomericensis
Statistics
Country: Czech Republic
Metropolitan: Prague
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 9,380 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
1,335,154 (2004)
276,000 (20.7%)
Cathedral: Katedrála sv. Štěpána
(Cathedral of St. Stephen)
Ordinaries
Bishop: vacant

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice {Latin: Litomericen(sis) } is a diocese located in the city of Litoměřice in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic.

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[edit] History

  • July 3, 1655: Established as Diocese of Litoměřice from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha

[edit] Special Churches

Bazilika sv. Vavřince a sv. Zdislavy(Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava)
Bazilika sv. Vavřince a sv. Zdislavy
(Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava)
  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Bazilika Panny Marie Bolestné, Krupka, Ústecký kraj
      (Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows)
    • Bazilika Panny Marie Pomocnice křesťanů, Jiříkov, Ústecký kraj
      (Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians)
    • Bazilika sv. Vavřince a sv. Zdislavy, Jablonné v Podještědí, Liberecký kraj
      (Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava)
    • Bazilika Všech svatých, Česká Lípa, Liberecký kraj
      (Basilica of All Saints)

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Litoměřice (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator since 2004.11.06)
    • Bishop Pavel Posád (2003.12.24 – 2008.01.26)
    • Bishop Josef Koukl (1989.07.26 – 2003.12.24)
    • Cardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B. (1947.09.27 – 1974.04.06)
    • Archbishop Antonin Alois Weber (1931.10.22 – 1947.03.10)
    • Bishop Josef Gross (1910.04.20 – 1931.01.20)
    • Bishop Emanuel Jan Schöbel (1882 – 1909.11.28)
    • Bishop Antonín Ludvík Frind (1879 – 1881.10.18)
    • Bishop Augustin Pavel Wahala (1866 – 1877.09.10)
    • Bishop Augustin Bartolomej Hille (1832 – 1865.04.26)
    • Archbishop Vinzenz Eduard Milde (1823.01.16 – 1832.03.19)
    • Bishop Josef František Hurdalek (1815.12.18 – 1822.09.28)
    • Archbishop Václav von Chlumčansky (1801.10.15 – 1815.03.15)
    • Bishop Ferdinand Kindermann (1790.02.04 – 1801.05.25)
    • Bishop Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (1759.07.19 – 1789.12.07)
    • Bishop Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz (1733.07.04 – 1759.06.20)
    • Bishop Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (1721.01.09 – 1733.06.02)
    • Bishop Hugo František von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1709.08.06 – 1720.09.06)
    • Bishop Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (1675.10.30 – 1709.04.12)
    • Bishop Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz (1655.07.02 – 1675.10.13)

[edit] See also

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