Jiří Paďour

Jiří Paďour (2011)

Coat of arms of Bishop Paďour

Jiří Paďour OFMCap (born April 4, 1943 in Vraclav ; † December 11, 2015 in Prachatice ) was a Czech religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Budweis .

Life

Jiří Paďour was ordained a priest on June 21, 1975 in Prague and then worked as a chaplain in Marienbad and two other parishes . In July 1977 he was deprived of his state license to exercise the priesthood. On October 4, 1978 he secretly joined the order of the Capuchins as a novice and worked from 1978 to 1979 as the unofficial secretary of the Prague Archbishop František Tomášek . He was not allowed to continue doing this job after he refused to cooperate with the communist state security service in 1979 . On December 10, 1983, he secretly took the perpetual religious vows .

After the political turning point , he was elected the first Czech Capuchin Provincial since the end of World War II on April 9, 1991 , and was confirmed in this position on September 19, 1994.

Pope John Paul II appointed Jiří Paďour on December 3, 1996 titular bishop of Ausuccura and auxiliary bishop in Prague. The episcopal ordination received his Prague Archbishop Miloslav Vlk Cardinal on January 11, 1997 in the St. Vitus Cathedral . Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio in the Czech Republic , Archbishop Giovanni Coppa , and the Bishop of Leitomischl , Jaroslav Škarvada .

Jiří Paďour was appointed coadjutor bishop in Budweis on February 23, 2001 and took over his office on September 25, 2002 after the resignation of Budweiser Bishop Antonín Liška .

On March 1, 2014, Pope Francis accepted Paďour's early resignation.

Web links

Commons : Jiří Paďour - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry for Jiří Paďour on catholic-hierarchy.org
Homepage of the Diocese of Budweis (Czech)

Individual evidence

↑ Zemřel Jiří Paďour, bývalý budějovický biskup, který byl v mládí hercem
^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di České Budějovice (Repubblica Ceca) . Daily Bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See , March 1, 2014 (Italian)

personal data
SURNAME	Paďour, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech religious, Bishop of Budweis
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vraclav
DATE OF DEATH	December 11, 2015
Place of death	Prachatice , Czech Republic

[1] Zemřel Jiří Paďour, bývalý budějovický biskup, který byl v mládí hercem

[2] Rinuncia del Vescovo di České Budějovice (Repubblica Ceca) . Daily Bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See , March 1, 2014 (Italian)