- Website: www.apha.cz
- Address: Hradčanské nám. 56/16, 119 02 Praha 1
- Phone: +420 220 181 431
- Fax: +420 220 514 647
- E-mail: apha@apha.cz
- Diocesan bishop: cardinal Dominik Duka OP
- Auxiliary bishop: Mons. Václav Malý
- Auxiliary bishop: Mons. ThLic. Ing. Zdenek Wasserbauer, Th.D.
- Archbishop Emeritus : Mons. Karel Herbst SDB
Archdiocese of Prague
Archdiocese of Prague
Cathedral:
Ss Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert
Patrons:
St Adalbert, St Wenceslaus, St John of Nepomuk
Founded:
The diocese was founded in 973 after the agreement of Czech Duke Boleslav II with Emperor Otto I and Bishop of Regensburg St Wolfgang. On 30 April 1344, Pope Clement VI raised Prague Diocese to Archdiocese and thus made independent ecclesiastical province Bohemia and Moravia.
Basic data
Area: | 8 765 km2 |
Citizens: | 2 316 000 |
Catholics: | 558 000 |
Vicariates: | 14 |
Parishes: | 148 |
Priests: | 271 |
Churches and chapels | 1 018 |