Diocese of Pilsen

Diocese of Pilsen
Basic data
Country	Czech Republic
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Prague
Diocesan bishop	Tomáš Holub
Emeritus diocesan bishop	František Radkovský
founding	May 31, 1993
surface	9,236 km²
Vicariates	10 ()
Parishes	69 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	836,500 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	118,500 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	14.2%
Diocesan priest	58 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	26 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,411
Permanent deacons	6 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	40 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	18 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Czech
cathedral	St. Bartholomew
address	nám. Republiky 35 301 14 Plzeň Česká republika
Website	www.bip.cz

The Diocese of Pilsen ( Czech : Biskupství plzeňské or Plzeňská diecéze , Latin : Dioecesis Pilznensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in western Bohemia with its seat in Pilsen .

Diocese coat of arms

The diocese was established on May 31, 1993 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Pro supremi Ecclesiae Pastoris and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Prague as a suffragan diocese.

In addition to the predominantly archiepiscopal Prague territories in western Bohemia and the Egerland , 89 parishes with around 155,000 inhabitants came from the diocese of Budweis to the newly founded diocese of Pilsen. It was the Vicariate Domažlice and parts of the area of ​​the Vicariate Klatovy and Nepomuk. Parishes in the west of the Leitmeritz diocese were also given to Pilsen. In spring 2010 the diocese included the vicariates Domažlice , Cheb , Karlsbad , Klatovy , Pilsen-Stadt, Pilsen-Süd, Pilsen-Nord, Rokycany , Sokolov and Tachov .

The first incumbent was Bishop František Radkovský until 2016 . Tomáš Holub succeeds him .

The diocese church is St. Bartholomew's Cathedral on Republic Square in Pilsen . The patron saint of the diocese is Blessed Hroznata .

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Pilsen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Diocese of Pilsen (Czech)
• Entry on the Diocese of Pilsen on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
• The Diocese of Pilsen - the youngest diocese in Bohemia . A contribution by the church historian Prof. Dr. Rudolf Grulich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diecéze . bip.cz, accessed on January 24, 2018.
2. ↑ JOHN PAUL II: Constit. Apostol. Pro supremi Ecclesiae Pastoris , AAS 85 (1995), n.11, pp. 977f.

St. Bartholomew Cathedral