Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

Diocese of Olomouc Dioecesis Olomucensis
Cathedral
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Statistics
Area	10,088 km2 (3,895 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,376,000 732,000 (53.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Katedrála sv. Václava (Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus)
Current leadership
Bishop	Jan Graubner
Auxiliary Bishop	Josef Hrdlicka

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc (Czech: Arcidiecéze olomoucká, Latin: Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. Not much is known about the beginnings of the Diocese of Olomouc. It was reestablished in 1063 and in 1777 it was elevated to an archdiocese.

Special churches

• Minor Basilica:
  • Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, Svatý Hostýn, Zlínský kraj
  • Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie a sv. Cyrila a Metoděje, Velehrad, Zlínský kraj
  • Bazilika Navštívení Panny Marie, Olomouc, Olomoucký kraj

Leadership

• Archbishops of Olomouc (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Jan Graubner (since 1992.09.28)
  • Archbishop František Vanák (1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14)
  • Archbishop František Vanák (Apostolic Administrator 1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)
  • Bishop Josef Vrana (Apostolic Administrator 1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30)
  • Archbishop Joseph Matocha (1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03)
  • Archbishop Leopoldo Precan (1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02)
  • Archbishop Antonio Cirillo Stojan (1921.03.10 – 1923)
  • Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště (1916.05.05 – 1920.07.06)
  • Cardinal Frantisek Salesky Bauer (1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25)
  • Archbishop Théodore Kohn (1893.01.16 – 1904.06.10)
  • Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg (1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20)
  • Cardinal Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh (1836.11.21 – 1853.03.31)
  • Archbishop Ferdinand Maria von Chotek (1832.02.24 – 1836.09.05)
  • Cardinal Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen (1819.03.24 – 1831.07.24)
  • Cardinal Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1811.11.26 – 1819.01.20)
  • Cardinal Antonín Theodor Hrabí Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.12.05 – 1811.09.12)
• Bishops of Olomouc (Roman rite)
  • Cardinal Antonín Theodor Hrabí Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05)
  • Bishop Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton (1761.03.04 – 1776.10.31)
  • Bishop Leopold Friedrich Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach (1758.04.27 – 1760.12.15)
  • Cardinal Ferdinand Julius von Troyer (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)
  • Archbishop Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1738.10.11 – 1745.03.04)
  • Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach (1711.09.15 – 1738.07.22)
  • Fr. Karl Joseph von Lothringen (1694.09.13 – 1698.09.29)
  • Bishop Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1664.03.12 – 1695.09.23)
  • Fr. Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)
  • Fr. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1637.11.16 – 1662.11.02)
  • Cardinal Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein (1599.09.01 – 1636.11.23)

See also: List of bishops and archbishops of Olomouc

Suffragan dioceses

• Brno
• Ostrava-Opava

See also

• List of bishops and archbishops of Olomouc
• František Merta - priest convicted in child sexual abuse case allegedly involving Archbishop of Olomouc Jan Graubner

External links

•  "Olmütz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
• Olmomouc from catholic-hierarchy.org
• Giga-Catholic Information

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