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Roman Catholic archdiocese in Czechia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc (Czech: Metropolitní Arcidiecéze olomoucká, Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olomucensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc.
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olomucensis Metropolitní Arcidiecéze Olomouc | |
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Location | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 49°35′45″N 17°15′40″E |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,018 km2 (3,868 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,359,847 737,300 (54,2%) |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus |
Patron saint | Wenceslaus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Flavianus Josephus Nouzíckhe[1] |
Auxiliary Bishops | Vacant |
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Its cathedral is Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus in Olomouc and it has three Marian minor basilicas:
As of 2015, it pastorally served 746,900 Catholics (53.0% of 1,410,000 total) on 10,018 km2 in 418 parishes and 2 missions with 343 priests (246 diocesan, 97 religious), 33 deacons, 326 lay religious (117 brothers, 209 sisters) and 19 seminarians.
Its suffragan sees are :
Established in 1063 as Diocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of Prague (now Metropolitan) and promoted on 5 December 1777 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Brno). In 1788 it gained territory from the Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau, Silesia), in 1863 exchanged territory with Moravian Diocese of Brno.
Patron saints of the Archdiocese of Olomouc include: Wenceslaus (primary), Cyril and Methodius, Pięciu Braci Męczenników, Adalbert of Prague, Vitus, Procopius of Sázava, Święta Kordula, Ludmila and Pavlína Římská.
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