Mons. Jan Graubner
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Olomouc
- Position: Archbishop of Olomouc
- Phone: +420 587 405 401
- Email: graubner@arcibol.cz
- Website: www.ado.cz
He was born on 29 August 1948 in Brno. In 1967 he finished high school in Straznice and to get a "working class origin" he worked in a machine factory in Gottwaldov (today Zlin) for a year. Then he was admitted to enter the Ss Cyril and Methodius' Faculty of Theology in Olomouc. He was ordained a priest on 23 June 1973 and served in Zlin, Valasske Klobouky, from 1982 he was a parish priest in Vizovice, Provodov and Horni Lhota.
On 17 March 1990, he was appointed titular bishop of Tagaria and auxiliary bishop of Olomouc and metropolitan of Moravia. On 7 April he was ordained bishop. On 28 September 1992, he was appointed archbishop of Olomouc. In 2000-2010 he was a president of the Czech Bishops' Conference, he is responsible for Charity and Mission.
Born: | 29 Aug 1948 in Brno |
Ordained priest: | 23 Jun 1973 |
Appointed bishop: | 17 Mar 1990 |
Ordained bishop: | 7 Apr 1990 |
Appointed archbishop: | 28 Sep 1992 |