Josef Hlouch

Bishop Josef Hlouch (1969)

Coat of arms of the Bishop of Budweis (1947–1972)

Josef Hlouch (born March 26, 1902 in Lipnik , † June 10, 1972 in České Budějovice ) was the ninth bishop of the Budweis diocese .

Life

After graduating from high school at the archbishopric high school in Kroměříž and completing his studies at the theological faculty of the University of Olomouc , Hlouch was ordained a priest on July 5, 1926 . In addition to his pastoral work at various parishes in the Archdiocese of Olomouc, he continued studying theology and completed his habilitation in 1934.

In 1945 ThDr. Hlouch appointed professor of pastoral theology . Pope Pius XII appointed him on June 25, 1947 bishop of the re-established diocese of Budweis. On August 15, 1947, the consecration by the Nuncio Archbishop Saverio Ritter followed in Olomouc ; on September 7, 1947 the inauguration in Budweis followed. In 1948, Hlouch led the diocese's main pilgrimage to Křemešník and celebrated mass.

In May 1950, Hlouch was illegally interned by the communist regime, initially in his residence, from February 1952 outside his diocese and prevented from exercising his episcopal office until 1968. After Hlouch was allowed to resume his official duties on June 9, 1968, he initiated a general overhaul of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in České Budějovice. After Hloch's death in 1972, the Budweiser Bishop's chair remained vacant. After the political change , Miloslav Vlk , who worked as Hlouch's secretary from 1968 to 1971, became his successor in 1990.

Hlouch was the uncle of the Archdechant of Mladá Boleslav , Václav Hlouch.

Publications

• Minutěnka. 2002, ISBN 9788085766264

literature

• Eva Šrajerová: Českobudějovický biskup ThDr. Josef Hlouch.

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Hlouch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Josef Hlouch on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Biography about Josef Hlouch (Czech)

predecessor	Office	successor
Šimon Bárta	Bishop of Budweis 1947–1972	Miloslav Vlk