Diocese of Litoměřice
diocese of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic
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.
Bishops
Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz (5 July 1655 – 13 October 1675)
Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (30 October 1675 – 12 April 1709)
Hugo František von Königsegg-Rothenfels (6 August 1709 – 6 September 1720)
Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (9 January 1721 – 2 June 1733)
Moritz Adolf Karl Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz (4 July 1733 – 20 June 1759)
Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (19 July 1759 – 7 December 1789)
Ferdinand Kindermann (4 February 1790 – 25 May 1801)
Václav Leopold Chlumčanský (15 October 1801 – 15 March 1815, Confirmed, Archbishop of Prague)
Josef František Hurdálek (18 December 1815 – 28 September 1822, Retired)
Vinzenz Eduard Milde (16 January 1823 – 19 March 1832, Confirmed, Archbishop of Vienna)
Augustin Bartoloměj Hille (2 July 1832 – 26 April 1865)
Augustin Pavel Wahala (8 January 1866 – 10 September 1877)
Antonín Ludvík Frind (15 May 1879 – 18 October 1881)
Emanuel Jan Schöbel (3 July 1882 – 28 November 1909)
Josef Gross (20 April 1910 – 20 January 1931)
Antonín Alois Weber (22 October 1931 – 10 March 1947, Resigned)
Štěpán Trochta (27 September 1947 – 6 April 1974)
Josef Koukl (26 July 1989 – 24 December 2003, Retired)
Pavel Posád (24 December 2003 – 26 January 2008, Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of České Budějovice)
Dominik Duka (Apostolic administrator 6 November 2004 – 4 October 2008)
Jan Baxant (4 October 2008 – 23 December 2023, Retired)
Stanislav Přibyl (23 December 2023 – 2 February 2026, Appointed, Archbishop of Prague)
Patron saints
Patron saints of the Diocese of Litoměřice include: Zdislava Berka (primary), Stephen, Felix and Victorinus of Pettau.
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