Diocese of Ostrau-Troppau

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Diocese of Ostrau-Troppau
Map of the Diocese of Ostrava-Troppau
Basic data
Country Czech Republic
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Olomouc
Diocesan bishop František Lobkowicz OPraem
Apostolic Administrator Martin David
Auxiliary bishop Martin David
Vicar General Martin David
founding May 30, 1996
surface 6,150 km²
Parishes 276 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,316,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 429,300 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 32.6%
Diocesan priest 190 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 39 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,875
Permanent deacons 27 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 150 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Czech
cathedral Cathedral of the Divine Savior
address Kostelní nám. 1
728 02 Ostrava 1
Česká republika
Website www.doo.cz

The diocese of Ostrau-Troppau ( Latin : Dioecesis Ostraviensis-Opaviensis , Czech .: Biskupství ostravsko-opavské or Diecéze ostravsko-opavská ) is the youngest diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic .

history

Diocese coat of arms Ostrau-Troppau

It was removed from the Archdiocese of Olomouc on May 30, 1996 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christifidelium spirituali and placed under it as a suffragan diocese. It includes Moravian Silesia and areas in Northern Moravia. Bishop is František Václav Lobkowicz . He resides in Mährisch-Ostrau , where a new diocesan center was built between 1998 and 2000.

The area of ​​the diocese contains in particular that area which originally represented the part of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw in Czechoslovakia . This Moravian-Silesian part was only attached to the Archdiocese of Olomouc in 1978.

Bishops

Building of the diocese

František Lobkowicz OPraem , was appointed on May 30, 1996 by Pope John Paul II as the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Ostrava-Troppau.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad Christifidelium spirituali , AAS 88 (1996), n.11, p. 834ff.