Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové (original) (raw)

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Roman Catholic diocese in Czechia

Diocese of Hradec Králové__Dioecesis Riginae Gradecensis_Diecéze královéhradecká
Location
Country Czech Republic
Metropolitan Prague
Statistics
Area 11,650 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
PopulationTotalCatholics (as of 2019)1,274,200450,800 (35.4%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy SpiritKatedrála Svatého Ducha
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Jan Vokál
Auxiliary Bishops Josef Kajnek
Map
Dark blue: Diocese of Hradec Králové Light blue: Ecclesiastical Province of PragueDark blue: Diocese of Hradec KrálovéLight blue: Ecclesiastical Province of Prague

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

The Diocese of Hradec Králové (Latin: Reginae Gradecen(sis), German: Bistum Königgrätz) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hradec Králové in the Ecclesiastical Province of Prague in the Czech Republic.

On 10 November 1664, the diocese was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague.

On 28 June 1972, Pope Paul VI – by his Apostolic constitution Episcoporum Poloniae coetus – redrew boundaries of a number of Polish, Czech, and German dioceses, removing the County of Kladsko area from the Diocese of Hradec Králové and assigning it to the neighbouring Archdiocese of Wrocław.[1]

  1. ^ Paulus VI: Const. Apost. Episcoporum Poloniae coetus, AAS 64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657seq.

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