Roman Catholicism was introduced in the Czech lands in the 9th century and a
regular hierarchy was set up soon afterwards.
In 1945 it included the Archdioceses of Olomouc and Praha.
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The Diocese of Olomouc (Germ.: Olmütz) was erected in 1063.
It became an Archdiocese in 1777.
Its jurisdiction extended over Moravia and Silesia (except for the Silesian
districts of Teschen and Neisse, which until the founding of Czechoslovakia
were part of the German Diocese of Breslau)
Archbishops
1853 - 1892 Cardinal (1879) Friedrich Egon
Landgraf von Fürstenberg 1813 - 1892
1893 - 1904 Theodor Kohn 1845 - 1915
1904 - 1915 Cardinal (1911) Franziskus von
Sales Bauer 1841 - 1915
1916 - 1920 Cardinal Lev (Leon) von Skrbenský z
Hríte 1863 - 1938
1921 - 1923 Antonín Cyril Stojan 1851 - 1923
1923 - 1947 Leopold Precan
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The Diocese of Praha was erected in 973. It became an Archdiocese in 1344.
Its jurisdiction extended over Bohemia.
Archbishops
1848 - 1885 Cardinal Friedrich Johannes Jacob
Celestin Fürst zu Schwarzenberg 1809 - 1885
1885 - 1899 Cardinal (1889) Franziskus von Paula
Graf von Schönborn 1844 - 1899
1899 - 1916 Cardinal (1901) Lev (Leon) von
Skrbenský z Hríste s.a.
1916 - 1919 Paul von Huyn (Pavel de Huyn)
1919 - 1931 Frantiek Kordac 1852 - 1934
1931 - 1941 Cardinal (1935) Karel Kapar 1870 - 1941
1941 - 1946 vacant
Catholicism was intoduced in Slovakia in the 9th century.
As Slovakia however soon afterwards became part of Hungary the dioceses that
were erected in the course of the following centuries, were dependent of the
Hungarian Archdioceses until 1937 when they became exempt.
In 1945 the Slovak Catholic hierarchy incorporated :
- the exempt dioceses of Banská Bystrica, Koice, Nitra, Preov (Ruthenian
Rite), Ronava and Spis
- the Apostolic Administrations of the Parishes of Satu Mare in Slovakia and
of Trnava
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The Diocese of Banská Bystrica (Hung.: Besztercze-Bánya/Germ.: Neusohl) was
erected in 1776.
It was a suffragan of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Estergom until 1937.
Bishops
1871 - 1886 Arnold Ipolyi-Stummer 1825 -
1887 - 1893 Emeric (Imrich) Bende 1824 - 1911
1893 - 1904 Karel Rimelý 1825 -
1904 - 1920 Wolfgang (Volfgang) Radnai
1920 - 1943 Marián Bláha 1... - 1943
1943 - 1950 Andrej krábic 1... - 1950
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The Diocese of Nitra (Hung.: Nyitra/Germ.: Neutra) was erected in 1804.
It later became a suffragan of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Esztergom until
1937.
Bishops
1859 - 1892 Augustín Rokováni 1... - 1892
1893 - 1911 Emeric (Imrich) Bende s.a.
1911 - 1920 Wilhelm (Vilian) Batthyáný
1920 - 1948 Karol Kmetko 1... - 1948
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In 1939 the parts of the Romanian Diocese of Satu Mare which were within the
frontiers of the new Slovak state were detached to form a separate Apostolic
Administration.
Apostolic Adminisrator
1939 - 1958 Jozef Carský s.a.
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Like the Rusyn of Subcarpathia, the Slovaks of the Ruthenian Rite united with
Rome in 1646.
They were directly subject to the Hungarian Archdiocese of Esztergom until
1818 when the Eparchy (Diocese) of Preov was erected.
Bishops - Eparchs
1843 - 1875 Jozef Garganec 1793 - 1875
1876 - 1881 Mikulá Tóth 1823 - 1882
1882 - 1911 Ján Válvý 1837 - 1911
1911 - 1913 ...
1913 - 1918 tefan Novák
1918 - 1922 Mikulá Russnák*, Vicar General
1922 - 1926 Dionýz Nyáradi
1927 - 1950 Pavol Peter Gojdic 1888 - 1960
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The Diocese of Ronava (Hung.: Rozsnyó/Germ.: Rosenau), was erected in 1776.
It was a suffragan of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Eger until 1937.
Bishops
1869 - 1872 vacant
1872 - 1895 Georg Schöpper 1819 - 1895
1896 - 1904 Ján Ivánkovic 1846 - 1910
1904 - 1920 Lajos Balás de Sipek 1... - 1920
1920 - 1945 Michal Bubnic 1... - 1945
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The Diocese of Spis (Hung.: Szepes /Germ.: Zips) was erected in 1776.
It was a suffragan of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Eger/Erlau until 1937.
Bishops
1871 - 1873 Joseph Samassa 1828 -
1874 - 1891 Juraj Császka 1826 -
1891 - 1903 Pavol Szmrecsáný 1846 -
1904 - 1919 Alexander Parvý 1... - 1919
1920 - 1965 Ján Vojtaák 1877 - 1965
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In 1922 parts of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Esztergom within the frontiers
of Czechoslovakia were detached and to form an Apostolic Administration of
its own.
Apostolic Administrator
1922 - 1945 Pavol Jantausch 1870 - 1945
The Rusyn of Subcarpathia were converted to the Orthodox Christian Church in
the 9th century.
In 1646 they united with the Roman Catholic Church, keeping however their own
"Ruthenian" Rite.
In 1771 the existence of the separate Ruthenian Diocese (Eparchy) of Mukacevo
(Hung.: Munkács) - unformally established in the 15th century - was formally
confirmed.
It wase a suffragan of the Hungarian Archdiocese of Esztergom until 1937
Bishops - Eparchs
1866 - 1874 István Pankovic 1820 - 1874
1875 - 1894 János Pásztélyi-Kovács 1826 - 1891
1894 - 1912 Gyula Firczák 1836 - 1912
1912 - 1924 Antal Papp
1924 - 1931 Péter Gebey 1... - 1931
1932 - 1943 Sándor Stojka 1... - 1943
Apostolic Administrators
1943 - 1944 Miklos Duda
1944 - 1947 Teodor Jurij Roma 1911 - 1947
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The Roman Catholic minority of the Latin Rite residing in Subcarpathia was
subject to the Hungarian - later Romanian - Diocese of Szatmár (Rom.: Satu
Mare) erected in 1804.
Bishops
1867 - 1872 Laszló Biró de Kézdi Polány 1806 - 1872
1873 - 1887 Lörinc Schlauch 1824 -
1887 - 1905 Gyula Meszlényi 1832 - 1905
1906 - 1928 Tibor Boromisza 18.. - 1928
1928 - 1930 vacant
1930 - 1939 István Fiedler 1871 - 1957
1939 - 1942 vacant
1942 - 1948 János Scheffler 1887 - 1952
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