It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague on 30 April 1344, having lost territory again to establish the
Diocese of Litomyšl (Leitomischl, Bohemia). The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the Manipulus florum of
Thomas of Ireland.[3]
Gained territory (back) in 1474 from the suppressed Diocese of Litomyšl
Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (born Czech Republic) (1644.04.18 – death 1653.08.23), Titular Bishop of
Trapezus (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23)
Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Sebastia (1654.06.22 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (born Italy) (1663.04.23 – death 1664.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Constantia (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris (1667.02.07 – ?)
Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668 (died before consecration)
Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka, O.S.B. (1669.03.11 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11)
Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich
Reichsgraf von Waldstein,
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (O. Cr.) (born Austria) (1675.12.02 – death 1694.06.03), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1668.06.16] 1673.11.27 – 1675.12.02), and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1668 – 1694.06.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – death 1679.01.25?), Titular Bishop of
Selymbria (1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (born Czech Republic) (1679.04.10 – death 1701.01.10), Titular Bishop of
Milevum (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (born Czech Republic) (1701.01.03 – death 1711.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Hierapolis (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09)
Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1695.07.04 – death 1710.03.20) (born Austria), previously
Titular Bishop of
Nicopolis (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04)
Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg (1711.05.11 – death 1731.08.07), previously Bishop of
Ljubljana (
Slovenia) (1701.07.18 – 1711.05.11)
Daniel Josef Mayer (z Mayernu) (born Czech Republic) ([1731.11.04] 1732.05.07 – death 1733.04.10), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07)
Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation)
Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733.12.18 – death 1763.10.26), previously Bishop of
Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1721.06.18] 1721.08.03 – 1733.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (born Czech Republic) (1733.03.05 – death 1759.01.21), Titular Bishop of
Adraha (1729.02.07 – 1759.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – death 1755.05.16), Titular Bishop of
Mennith (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – death 1757.02.07), Titular Bishop of
Callinicum (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (born Czeachie) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28), Titular Bishop of
Amyclae (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1759.07.19] 1760.01.28 – death 1789.12.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17), Titular Bishop of
Themiscyra (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17); later Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1775.05.14] 1775.07.17 – death 1776.05.05)
Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (born Czech Republic) (1763.10.26 – death 1793.04.14); previously Titular Archbishop of
Hemesa (1752.09.25 – 1754.01.14) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Praha (1752.09.25 – 1763.10.26) and
Archbishop-Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1753.09.29] 1754.01.14 – 1763.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler (1775.09.11 – death 1776.09.04), Titular Bishop of
Lycopolis (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – death 1779.03.22), Titular Bishop of
Hippo Zarytus (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – death 1781.06.27), Titular Bishop of
Antipatris (1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – death 1792.12.27), Titular
Bishop of Tiberias (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27)
Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm (born Belgium) (1793.09.23 – death 1810.09.14), previously Bishop of
Tournai (Belgium) ([1776.01.30] 1776.05.20 – 1793.09.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky (born Czech Republic) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29), Titular Bishop of
Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1801.10.15] 1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (see below)
Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?), Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1808.01.11 – ?)
Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan (see above ([1814.12.30]1815.03.15 – death 1830.06.14)
Auxiliary Bishop:
František de Paula Pištěk (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24), Titular Bishop of
Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24); later Bishop of
Tarnów (Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Lvov (Lviv,
Ukraine) (1835.07.24 – death 1846.02.01)
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat = Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat (born Czech Republic) (1831.02.28 – 1833.03.28), previously Titular Bishop of
Sarepta (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15), Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – death 1857.06.20), Titular Bishop of
Satala (1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha (1920.03.08 – 1932.02.14), Titular Bishop of
Paphus (1920.03.08 – death 1932.02.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – retired 1941), Titular Bishop of
Dadima (1929.12.16 – death 1959.05.21)
Karel Kašpar (born Austria-Hungary) (1931.10.22 – death 1941.04.21), created
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1935.12.19 – 1941.04.21); previously
Titular Bishop of
Bethsaida (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13), succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – death 1935.08.20), Titular Bishop of
Salona (1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – death 1961.02.22), Titular Bishop of
Zephyrium (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška,
Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of
Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), next Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1991.08.28 – retired 2002.09.25); died 2003
Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – death 1991.11.05), Titular Bishop of
Novi (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Titular Bishop of
Aggar (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1993.07.07); later Bishop of
Plzeň (Pilsen, Czech Republic) (1993.05.31 – 2016.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop:
František Václav Lobkowicz,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30), Titular Bishop of
Catabum castra (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30); later first Bishop of
Ostrava–Opava (Czech Republic) (1996.05.30 – ...), Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21)
Miloslav Vlk (1991.03.27 – 13 February 2010), President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 2000.01.25), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1993.04.16 – 2001.05.31), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18);, previously Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), Titular Bishop of
Ausuccura (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), later
Coadjutor Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25) succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01), died 2015
Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01), Titular Bishop of
Siccesi (2002.02.19 – ...)
^Bohemia to the Extinction of the Premyslids, Kamil Krofta, Cambridge Medieval History:Victory of the Papacy, Vol. VI, ed. J.R. Tanner, C.W. Previte-Orton and Z.N. Brooke, (Cambridge University Press, 1957), 432.
^Westermann (publisher), 'Die Bistümer Mittleeuropas' [bishoprics of central Europe] in Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, p. 89
It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague on 30 April 1344, having lost territory again to establish the
Diocese of Litomyšl (Leitomischl, Bohemia). The first official statutes date from 1349 and incorporated the Manipulus florum of
Thomas of Ireland.[3]
Gained territory (back) in 1474 from the suppressed Diocese of Litomyšl
Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (born Czech Republic) (1644.04.18 – death 1653.08.23), Titular Bishop of
Trapezus (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23)
Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Sebastia (1654.06.22 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (born Italy) (1663.04.23 – death 1664.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Constantia (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris (1667.02.07 – ?)
Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668 (died before consecration)
Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka, O.S.B. (1669.03.11 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11)
Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich
Reichsgraf von Waldstein,
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (O. Cr.) (born Austria) (1675.12.02 – death 1694.06.03), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1668.06.16] 1673.11.27 – 1675.12.02), and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1668 – 1694.06.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – death 1679.01.25?), Titular Bishop of
Selymbria (1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (born Czech Republic) (1679.04.10 – death 1701.01.10), Titular Bishop of
Milevum (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (born Czech Republic) (1701.01.03 – death 1711.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Hierapolis (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09)
Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1695.07.04 – death 1710.03.20) (born Austria), previously
Titular Bishop of
Nicopolis (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04)
Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg (1711.05.11 – death 1731.08.07), previously Bishop of
Ljubljana (
Slovenia) (1701.07.18 – 1711.05.11)
Daniel Josef Mayer (z Mayernu) (born Czech Republic) ([1731.11.04] 1732.05.07 – death 1733.04.10), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07)
Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation)
Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733.12.18 – death 1763.10.26), previously Bishop of
Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1721.06.18] 1721.08.03 – 1733.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (born Czech Republic) (1733.03.05 – death 1759.01.21), Titular Bishop of
Adraha (1729.02.07 – 1759.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – death 1755.05.16), Titular Bishop of
Mennith (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – death 1757.02.07), Titular Bishop of
Callinicum (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (born Czeachie) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28), Titular Bishop of
Amyclae (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1759.07.19] 1760.01.28 – death 1789.12.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17), Titular Bishop of
Themiscyra (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17); later Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1775.05.14] 1775.07.17 – death 1776.05.05)
Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (born Czech Republic) (1763.10.26 – death 1793.04.14); previously Titular Archbishop of
Hemesa (1752.09.25 – 1754.01.14) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Praha (1752.09.25 – 1763.10.26) and
Archbishop-Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1753.09.29] 1754.01.14 – 1763.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler (1775.09.11 – death 1776.09.04), Titular Bishop of
Lycopolis (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – death 1779.03.22), Titular Bishop of
Hippo Zarytus (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – death 1781.06.27), Titular Bishop of
Antipatris (1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – death 1792.12.27), Titular
Bishop of Tiberias (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27)
Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm (born Belgium) (1793.09.23 – death 1810.09.14), previously Bishop of
Tournai (Belgium) ([1776.01.30] 1776.05.20 – 1793.09.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky (born Czech Republic) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29), Titular Bishop of
Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1801.10.15] 1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (see below)
Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?), Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1808.01.11 – ?)
Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan (see above ([1814.12.30]1815.03.15 – death 1830.06.14)
Auxiliary Bishop:
František de Paula Pištěk (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24), Titular Bishop of
Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24); later Bishop of
Tarnów (Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Lvov (Lviv,
Ukraine) (1835.07.24 – death 1846.02.01)
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat = Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat (born Czech Republic) (1831.02.28 – 1833.03.28), previously Titular Bishop of
Sarepta (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15), Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – death 1857.06.20), Titular Bishop of
Satala (1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha (1920.03.08 – 1932.02.14), Titular Bishop of
Paphus (1920.03.08 – death 1932.02.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – retired 1941), Titular Bishop of
Dadima (1929.12.16 – death 1959.05.21)
Karel Kašpar (born Austria-Hungary) (1931.10.22 – death 1941.04.21), created
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1935.12.19 – 1941.04.21); previously
Titular Bishop of
Bethsaida (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13), succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – death 1935.08.20), Titular Bishop of
Salona (1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – death 1961.02.22), Titular Bishop of
Zephyrium (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška,
Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of
Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), next Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1991.08.28 – retired 2002.09.25); died 2003
Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – death 1991.11.05), Titular Bishop of
Novi (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Titular Bishop of
Aggar (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1993.07.07); later Bishop of
Plzeň (Pilsen, Czech Republic) (1993.05.31 – 2016.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop:
František Václav Lobkowicz,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30), Titular Bishop of
Catabum castra (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30); later first Bishop of
Ostrava–Opava (Czech Republic) (1996.05.30 – ...), Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21)
Miloslav Vlk (1991.03.27 – 13 February 2010), President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 2000.01.25), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1993.04.16 – 2001.05.31), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18);, previously Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), Titular Bishop of
Ausuccura (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), later
Coadjutor Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25) succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01), died 2015
Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01), Titular Bishop of
Siccesi (2002.02.19 – ...)
^Bohemia to the Extinction of the Premyslids, Kamil Krofta, Cambridge Medieval History:Victory of the Papacy, Vol. VI, ed. J.R. Tanner, C.W. Previte-Orton and Z.N. Brooke, (Cambridge University Press, 1957), 432.
^Westermann (publisher), 'Die Bistümer Mittleeuropas' [bishoprics of central Europe] in Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, p. 89