# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc (Czech: Metropolitní Arcidiecéze olomoucká, Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olomucensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc.

## Special churches

Its cathedral is Cathedral of St. Wenceslaus in Olomouc and it has three Marian minor basilicas:
* Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Hostýn, Zlín Region
* Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad, Zlín Region
* Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Olomouc, Olomouc Region

## Statistics

As of 2015, it pastorally served 746,900 Catholics (53.0% of 1,410,000 total) on 10,018 km$^2$ in 418 parishes and 2 missions with 343 priests (246 diocesan, 97 religious), 33 deacons, 326 lay religious (117 brothers, 209 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

## Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are :
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

## History

Established in 1063 as Diocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of Prague (now Metropolitan) and promoted on 5 December 1777 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc / Olomucen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Brno). In 1788 it gained territory from the Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau, Silesia), in 1863 exchanged territory with Moravian Diocese of Brno.
* 15 March 1945: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Opole
* 31 May 1978: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín
* It was visited Pope John Paul II in April 1990 and May 1995.
* 30 May 1996: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ostrava-Opava as its suffragan

## Episcopal ordinaries
### Suffragan Bishops of Olomouc

* Jan (John) (1063–1085)
* Vezel (1088–1091)
* Ondřej (1091–1096)
* Jindřich (1096–1099)
* Petr (1099–1104)
* Jan (1104–1126)
* Jindřich Zdík, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1126–1151)
* Jan (1151–1157)
* Jan of Litomyšl (1157–1172)
* Dětleb (1172–1182)
* Pelhřim (1182–1184)
* Kaim of Bohemia (1184–1194)
* Engelbert von Brabant (1194–1199)
* Jan Bavor (1199–1201)
* Robert (1201–1240)
* Father Wilhelm (1241–1245 not possessed)
* Konrad von Friedberg (1241–1245)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Vilem Kolina, O.E.S.A. (16 May 1442 – 1482?)
** Auxiliary Bishop: André Byssmann, O.E.S.A. (21 June 1482 – 1501)
* Cardinal Franz (Seraph) von Dietrichstein (1599.09.01 – 1636.11.23)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. (1608.01.28 – 1617.01.29)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner (1630.09.09 – 1639.09.05)
* Fr. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1637.11.16 – 1662.11.02)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Sigismund Graf Miutini von Spilenberg (1648.03.30 – 1653)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Gobar (1652.08.26 – 1665)
* Fr. Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich (1663.04.23 – 1664.01.27)
* Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1664.03.12 – 1695.09.23)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Alexander Dirre (1668.06.11 – 1669.11.21)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04)
** Coadjutor Bishop: Franciscus Antonius von und zu Losenstein (1690.11.27 – 1692.06.17)
* Fr. Karl Joseph von Lothringen (1694.09.13 – 1698.09.29)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Schröffel (1696.12.03 – 1702.08.23)
* Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach (1711.09.15 – 1738.07.22)
* Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1738.10.11 – 1745.03.04)
* Cardinal Ferdinand Julius von Troyer (1745.12.09 – 1758.02.05)
* Leopold Friedrich Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach (1758.04.27 – 1760.12.15)
* Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton (1761.03.04 – 1776.10.31)
* Cardinal Antonín Theodor Count of Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.10.06 – 1777.12.05)

### Metropolitan Archbishops of Olomouc

* Cardinal Antonín Theodor Count of Colloredo-Waldsee (1777.12.05 – 1811.09.12)
* Cardinal Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf-Wiesnberg (1811.11.26 – 1819.01.20)
* Cardinal Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen (1819.03.24 – 1831.07.24)
** Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen (later Cardinal) (1805.06.24 – 1811.09.15)
* Ferdinand Maria von Chotek (1832.02.24 – 1836.09.05)
* Cardinal Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh (1836.11.21 – 1853.03.31)
* Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg (1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20)
* Théodore Kohn (1893.01.16 – 1904.06.10)
* Cardinal Frantisek Salesky Bauer (1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25)
* Cardinal Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště (1916.05.05 – 1920.07.06)
* Antonín Cyril Stojan (1921.03.10 – 1923)
* Leopoldo Precan (1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02)
* Joseph Matocha (1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03)
** Apostolic Administrator Josef Vrana (1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30)
** Apostolic Administrator František Vanák (1989.07.26 – 1989.12.21)
* František Vanák (1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14)
* Jan Graubner (1992.09.28 – 2022.05.13)
* Josef Nuzík (2024.02.09 - ...)
** Auxiliary Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...): Antonín Basler, Titular Bishop of Vaga (2017.07.05 – ...)
** Auxiliary Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...): Josef Nuzík, Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ (2017.07.05 – 2024.02.09)

### Auxiliary bishops

** Josef Nuzík (2017.07.05 – 2024.02.09)
** Antonín Basler (2017.07.05 – )
** Josef Hrdlička (1990.03.17 – 2017.02.01)
** Archbishop Jan Graubner (1990.03.17 – 1992.09.28)
** Cardinal František Tomášek (1949.10.12 – 1977.12.30)
** Joseph Martin Nathan (1943.04.17 – 1947.01.30)
** Stanislav Zela (1940.10.11 – 1969.12.06)
** Giovanni Stavel (1927.04.29 – 1938.11.06)
** Josef Schinzel (1922.11.14 – 1944.07.28)
** Guglielmo Blazek (1906.12.06 – 1912.03.05)
** Carlo Wisnar (1904.11.14 – 1926.04.18)
** Jan Nepomuk Weinlich (1904.11.14 – 1905.12.24)
** Gustavo de Belrupt-Tyssac (1880.12.13 – 1895.06.09)
** Rodolpho von Thysebaert (1842.05.23 – 1868.05.12)
** Archbishop Alois Josef Schrenk (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17)
** Bishop-elect Franz Anton Gindl (1831.09.30 – 1831.11.16)
** Ferdinand Maria von Chotek (later Archbishop) (1817.04.14 – 1831.09.30)
** Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat (later Archbishop) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15)
** Karl Godefried Ritter von Rosenthal (1779.03.01 – 1800.05.25)
** Joannes Wenceslaus von Freyenfels (1771.12.16 – 1776.10.17)
** Matthias Franz Reichsgraf von Chorinsky (1769.09.11 – 1777.12.15)
** Johann Karl Leopold Graf von Scherffenberg (1749.04.21 – 1771.04.17)
** Otto Honorius Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach (1729.08.03 – 1748.04.30)
** Franz Julian Graf von Braida (1703.06.04 – 1727)

## Patron saints

Patron saints of the Archdiocese of Olomouc include: Wenceslaus (primary), Cyril and Methodius, Pięciu Braci Męczenników, Adalbert of Prague, Vitus, Procopius of Sázava, Święta Kordula, Ludmila and Pavlína Římská.