Diocese of Pilsen
Diocese of Pilsen | |
Basic data | |
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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 .
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
Web links
- 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
- ↑ Diecéze . bip.cz, accessed on January 24, 2018.
- ↑ JOHN PAUL II: Constit. Apostol. Pro supremi Ecclesiae Pastoris , AAS 85 (1995), n.11, pp. 977f.