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Archdiocese of Olomouc

Archidioecesis Olomucensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Josef Nuzík, Archbishop
  • Antonín Basler, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Josef Hrdlička, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 5 December 1777
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Square Kilometers: 10,018 (3,869 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.ado.cz/
  • Mailing Address: Arcibiskupsky Ordinariat, Biskupske namesti 841/2, post. schranka 193, 779 00 Olomouc, Ceska Republika
  • Telephone: 58.740.51.11

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
1063ErectedDiocese of Praha Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (erected)
30 April 1344Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) (from Mainz)
5 December 1777Territory LostDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) Diocese of Brno (erected)
Archdiocese of Olomouc
5 December 1777ElevatedDiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz) Archdiocese of Olomouc
28 June 1972Territory LostArchdiocese of Olomouc (Branice, Glubczyce, and Kietrz along with Owsiszcze)
Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Gliwice, Labedy, Miechowice, Pyskowice, Toszek, Ujazd, and Zabrze (all in Katowice))
Diocese of Opole (erected)
30 December 1977Territory AddedArchdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Tesín and Jeseník) Archdiocese of Olomouc
30 December 1977Territory AddedApostolic Administration of Český Těšín (suppressed) Archdiocese of Olomouc
30 May 1996Territory LostArchdiocese of Olomouc (Bílovec, Bruntál, Frydek, Hlucín, Jeseník, Karviná, Krnov, Mistek, Novy Jicin, Opava, and Ostrava) Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Olomouc
19491,504,1561,726,53887.1%1,0731291,2021,2513352,303701ap1951
197062962901,489650ap1971
19801,740,0002,165,00080.4%5481116592,6401111,825731ap1981
19901,761,6972,793,79863.1%3941565503,203156807731ap1991
1999750,0001,410,00053.2%2331183512,13627165361437ap2000
2000750,0001,410,00053.2%2301173472,16127155357437ap2001
2001750,0001,410,00053.2%2271213482,15527155423437ap2002
2002750,0001,410,00053.2%2371223592,08926161396437ap2003
2003750,0001,410,00053.2%2451213662,04926157385437ap2004
2004732,0001,376,00053.2%2461183642,01030155382437ap2005
2013745,2001,407,00053.0%2481033512,12333125253418ap2014
2016746,9001,410,00053.0%246973432,17733117209418ap2017
2019737,3001,359,84754.2%240933332,21436108178418ap2020
2021744,3201,372,93054.2%229913202,32639106168418ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Olomouc (Olmütz)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 376
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 206
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 262
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 264
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 296
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 317, and Page 318
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 297, to Page 298
  • Archdiocese of Olomouc
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 273, and Page 274

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