Diocese of Prague
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Archdiocese of Prague Archidioecesis Pragensis Arcibiskupství pražské | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Prague |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,590 km2 (3,320 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 2,066,000373,800 (18.1%) |
| Parishes | 140 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman rite |
| Established | 973 |
| Cathedral | St. Vitus Cathedral |
| Patron saint |
St Wenceslaus St Adalbert St John Nepomucene |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dominik Duka, O.P. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Václav Malý |
| Emeritus Bishops | Karel Herbst Auxillary bishop emeritus (2002-2016) |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| apha.cz | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (Czech: Arcidiecéze pražská, Latin: Archidioecesis Pragensis) is a Metropolitan Catholic archdiocese of the Latin Rite in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic.
The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Bohemian and Czech capital Prague, entirely situated inside the Prague Castle complex. Msgr Dominik Duka, O.P. is the current archbishop.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 558,000 Catholics (24.1% of 2,315,934 total) on 8,590 km² in 145 parishes and 34 missions with 340 priests (199 diocesan, 141 religious), 30 deacons, 538 lay religious (207 brothers, 331 sisters) and 8 seminarians.
Its suffragan sees are :
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The names of the following list of bishops and archbishops of Prague are given in Czech, with English equivalent or otherwise as suitable.
Coordinates: 50°05′24″N 14°23′51″E / 50.09000°N 14.39750°E
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