Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice

Diocese of Litoměřice Dioecesis Litomericensis Diecéze Litoměřice
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Metropolitan	Prague
Statistics
Area	9,380 km2 (3,620 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 1,363,000 161,464 (11.8%)
Parishes	437
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Katedrála sv. Štěpána (Cathedral of St. Stephen)
Patron saint	Zdislava Berka
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stanislav Přibyl
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jan Graubner
Vicar General	Martin Davídek
Bishops emeritus	Jan Baxant
Map
Location of the Diocese of Litoměřice (dark blue)
Website
dltm.cz

The Diocese of Litoměřice (Latin: Litomericensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church based in the town of Litoměřice in the Ecclesiastical Province of Prague in the Czech Republic.

History

On July 3, 1655, the Diocese of Litoměřice was created out of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha.

Leadership

Bishop's residence and St. Stephen Cathedral in Litoměřice.

Bazilika sv. Vavřince a sv. Zdislavy
('Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava')

• Bishops of Litoměřice
  • Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz (July 5, 1655 – October 13, 1675)
  • Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (October 30, 1675 – April 12, 1709)
  • Hugo František von Königsegg-Rothenfels (August 6, 1709 – September 6, 1720)
  • Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (January 9, 1721 – June 2, 1733)
  • Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz (July 4, 1733 – June 20, 1759)
  • Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (July 19, 1759 – December 7, 1789)
  • Ferdinand Kindermann (February 4, 1790 – May 25, 1801)
  • Václav Leopold Chlumčanský (October 15, 1801 – March 15, 1815)
  • Josef František Hurdálek (December 18, 1815 – September 28, 1822)
  • Vinzenz Eduard Milde (January 16, 1823 – March 19, 1832)
  • Augustin Bartoloměj Hille (July 2, 1832 – April 26, 1865)
  • Augustin Pavel Wahala (January 8, 1866 – September 10, 1877)
  • Antonín Ludvík Frind (May 15, 1879 – October 18, 1881)
  • Emanuel Jan Schöbel (July 3, 1882 – November 28, 1909)
  • Josef Gross (April 20, 1910 – January 20, 1931)
  • Antonín Alois Weber (October 22, 1931 – March 10, 1947)
  • Štěpán Trochta (September 27, 1947 – April 6, 1974)
  • Josef Koukl (July 26, 1989 – December 24, 2003)
  • Pavel Posád (December 24, 2003 – January 26, 2008)
  • Dominik Duka (apostolic administrator November 6, 2004 – October 4, 2008)
  • Jan Baxant (October 4, 2008 – present)

Patron saints

Patron saints of the Diocese of Litoměřice include: Zdislava Berka (primary), Stephen, Felix and Victorinus of Pettau.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website