Leopold Prečan

Archbishop's coat of arms (1929)

Leopold Prečan, Archbishop of Olomouc (1923–1947)

Leopold Prečan (born March 8, 1866 in Velký Týnec , † March 2, 1947 in Svatý Kopeček ) was Archbishop of Olomouc and Metropolitan of Moravia .

biography

Leopold Prečan was ordained a priest in 1889 and then worked in pastoral care. In 1897 he became secretary in the archbishop's consistory. Prečan, who received the degree of Dr.-theol. acquired, was appointed Archbishop of Olomouc on November 10, 1923. He was ordained bishop on December 30, 1923 by the Archbishop of Prague, František Kordač .

He made great contributions to the development of the Velehrad monastery , whose former abbey church was elevated to a papal minor basilica in 1928 through his efforts .

Leopold Prečan was an honorary citizen of the city of Olomouc. He died in the monastery Svatý Kopeček ( Holy Hill ) and was built in under his tenure Olomouc Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius buried.

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  Church of St. Cyril and Methodius - front view

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  Church patron and Slav apostle

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  Sarcophagus Leopold Prečan

literature

• J. Kadlec:  Prečan Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 251.

Web links

• Leopold Prečan in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church

predecessor	Office	successor
Antonín Cyril Stojan	Archbishop of Olomouc 1923 - 1947	Josef Karel Matocha