"In order that the full and living Gospel might always be preserved in the Church the apostles left bishops as their successors. They gave them their own position of teaching authority."

(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 77)

"The individual bishops are the visible source and foundation of unity in their own particular Churches. As such, they exercise their pastoral office over the portion of the People of God assigned to them, assisted by priests and deacons. But, as a member of the episcopal college, each bishop shares in the concern for all the Churches. The bishops exercise this care first by ruling well their own Churches as portions of the universal Church, and so contributing to the welfare of the whole Mystical Body, which, from another point of view, is a corporate body of Churches."

(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 886)

Bishop (from Greek epi-skopos, "supervisor") is a successor of the apostles and is given the sacrament of orders in full. By the episcopal ordination, bishop accepts the mission to sanctify, teach, and govern the people of God which is his diocese.

Bishop can be:

1. Diocesan, who is entrusted the care of the people of particular diocese:

     a) Resident Bishop, if he is a subject to metropolitan and his diocese is a part of some Church province,

     b) Exempt Bishop, if he doesn't belong to any province and is a subject to the Holy See.

2. Titular:

     a) Coadjutor Bishop, who possesses a right of succession,

     b) Auxiliary Bishop, who can or needn't have any special privileges.

3. Emeritus, if he lost his office by virtue of age or accepted resignation.

Czech bishops

Mons. Jan Baxant

• Diocese:Litoměřice
• Position:Bishop of Litoměřice
• Email: ordinariat@dltm.cz
• Phone: +420 416 707 520
  • Cell phone: +420 724 920 720

cardinal Dominik Duka OP

• Diocese: Archdiocese of Prague
• Position: Archbishop of Prague
• Email: sekretar.duka@apha.cz
• Phone: +420 220 392 105
• Sociální sítě:

Mons. ThLic. Tomáš Holub, Th.D.

• Diocese: Pilsen
• Position: Bishop of Pilsen
• Email: holub@bip.cz
• Phone: +420 377 225 576
• Twitter:

Mons. Josef Kajnek

• • Diocese: Hradec Králové
  • Position:Auxuliary Bishop of Hradec Králové
• Email: kajnek@bihk.cz
• Phone: +420 495 063 614
  • Cell phone: +420 603 533 107

Mons. Václav Malý

• • Diocese: Archdiocese of Prague
  • Position:Auxuliary Bishop of Prague
• Email: sekretar.maly@apha.cz
• Phone: +420 220 392 108
• Facebook:

Mons. Pavel Posád

• • Diocese: České Budějovice
    
  • Position:Auxuliary Bishop of České Budějovice
• Email: posad@bcb.cz
• Phone: +420 380 420 347
  • Cell phone: +420 731 402 519

Mons. JUDr. Ing. Jan Vokál

• Diocese:Hradec Králové 
• Position:Bishop of Hradec Králové 
• Email: biskupstvi@bihk.cz
• Phone: +420 495 063 626

Mons. ThDr. Vlastimil Kročil, Ph.D.

• Diocese:České Budějovice
  • Position:Bishop of České Budějovice
• Email:  sekretariat@bcb.cz
• Phone: +420 380 420 335

Moravian Bishops

Mons. ThLic. Vojtěch Cikrle

• Diocese:Brno
  • Position:Bishop of Brno
• Email: biskup@biskupstvi.cz
• Phone: +420 533 033 111

Mons. Jan Graubner

• Diocese:Archdiocese of Olomouc
  • Position:Archbishop of Olomouc
• Email: graubner@arcibol.cz
• Phone: +420 587 405 401

Mons. Ing. Mgr. Pavel Konzbul, Dr.

• Diocese:Brno
  • Position:Auxiliary bishop of Brno
• Email: konzbul@tiscali.cz
• Phone: +420 533 033 111
• Cell phone:+420 604 846 052

Mons. František Václav Lobkowicz OPraem

• Diocese:Ostrava-Opava
  • Position:Bishop of Ostrava-Opava
• Email: biskup@doo.cz
• Phone: +420 597 822 210
  • Cell phone: +420 731 625 600

Mons. Josef Nuzík

• Diocese:Archdiocese of Olomouc
• Position:Auxiliary bishop of Olomouc
• Email:nuzik@arcibol.cz
• Phone:+420 587 405 200

Mons. Antonín Basler

• Diocese:Archdiocese of Olomouc
• Funkce:Auxiliary bishop of Olomouc
• Email:kancler@arcibol.cz
• Telefon:+420 587 405 202

Greek-Catholic bishops

Mons. ThDr. RNDr. Ladislav Hučko CSc.

• Diocese:Apostolic Exarchate
  • Position:Bishop - Apostolic Exarch of the Greek-Catholic Church
• Email: exarchat@exarchat.cz
• Phone: +420 221 778 491

Emeriti

Mons. ThDr. Petr Esterka

• • Position:Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno

Mons. Karel Herbst SDB

• • Diocese: Archdiocese of Prague
  • Position:Auxuliary Bishop of Prague 
• Email: sekretar.herbst@apha.cz
• Phone: +420 220 392 106

Mons. Josef Hrdlička

• • Diocese: Olomouc
  • Position:Auxiliary bishop of Olomouc
• Email: hrdlicka@arcibol.cz
• Phone: +420 587 405 403

Mons. Ján Eugen Kočiš

• Position:Bishop emeritus of Apostolic Exarchate

Mons. František Radkovský

• Diocese:Pilsen
  • Position:Bishop emeritus of Pilsen
• Email: bip@bip.cz
• Phone: +420 377 225 576