Kajetán Matoušek

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Coat of arms Kajetán Matoušek titular bishop of Serigne and auxiliary bishop in Prague (1949–1992)

Kajetán Matoušek (born August 7, 1910 - † October 21, 1994 in Prague ) was auxiliary bishop in Prague .

Life

Ordained a priest on December 22, 1934, and titular Bishop of Serigene on August 29, 1949 , Kajetan Matousek was auxiliary bishop in Prague for over forty years, but was only allowed to exercise his episcopal activity for less than five years.

Due to the escalation of the situation and the uncertainty of the future in the country, the Holy See granted the bishops in Czechoslovakia secret powers. Among other things, there were also episcopal ordinations that the Czech bishops performed in secret .

Kajetán Matoušek was consecrated bishop on September 17, 1949 by Auxiliary Bishop Antonin Eltschkner in Prague.

On October 14, 1949, Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha consecrated František Tomášek as bishop in Olomouc . It followed on March 25, 1950 in Prague, by Bishop Štěpán Trochta von Leitmeritz , the consecration of Ladislav Hlad and on April 30, 1950 in Königgrätz , by Bishop Mořic Pícha , the ordination of Karel Otčenášek as auxiliary bishop in Königgrätz . By transferring competencies to the secret bishops and deans , preparations were made for an underground church .

On July 26, 1968, during the " Prague Spring ", the Conference of the Czech Catholic Caritas elected him to be its chairman. The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops in August 1968 put an end to his public appearance.

The appointment of Bishop Matoušek was never recognized by the Czech state, but he was allowed to work as a priest in pastoral care. Only after the end of the communist era in the late 1980s was he allowed to appear publicly as a bishop.

He lived and worked in the parish of St. Adalbert in Prague until his death. His last public appearance was to take part in the celebrations of the millennium of the village of Kunice and the dedication of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Prague. Retired on June 5, 1992, he died on October 21, 1994.

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SURNAME Matoušek, Kajetán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech bishop
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1994
Place of death Prague