List of bishops and archbishops of Prague


The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The bishopric of Prague was established in 973, and elevated to an archbishopric on 30 April 1344. The current Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague is the continual successor of the bishopric established in 973. In addition, the city also has an Eastern Orthodox archeparchy, Greek Catholic exarchate and the Prague diocese and patriarchate of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church seat in Prague.

Catholic Bishops of Prague

The names are given in Czech, with English or otherwise as suitable.
SuccessionNameDates of bishopric
1.Dětmar 973–982
2.St. Adalbert of Prague982–996
Kristian 996
3.Thiddag 998–1017
4.Ekkhard 1017–1023
5.Hyza 1023–1030
6.Šebíř 1030–1067
7.Jaromír 1068–1089
8.Kosmas1090–1098
9.Heřman1099–1122
10.Menhart 1122–1134
11.Jan I1134–1139
Silvestr1139–1140
12.Ota 1140–1148
13.Daniel I1148–1167
Gotpold 1168
14.Bedřich of Puttendorf1168–1179
15.Valentin 1179–1182
16.Henry Bretislaus1182–1197
17.Daniel II 1197–1214
18.Ondřej1214–1224
19.Pelhřim of Vartenberk1224–1225
20.Budilov 1225–1226
21.Jan II1226–1236
22.Bernhard Kaplíř of Sulevice1236–1240
23.Mikuláš of Reisenburk1240–1258
24.Jan III of Dražice1258–1278
25.Tobiáš of Bechyně1278–1296
26.Řehoř Zajíc of Valdek1296–1301
27.John IV of Dražice1301–1343
28.Arnošt of Pardubice1343–1344

Orthodox bishops of Prague

The first Orthodox mission in Czech lands was led by Saints Cyril and Methodius, some time before the East–West Schism, with its centre in Moravia. The current Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church comes from the Czech Orthodox clubs and partly arose from the early Czechoslovak Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1920s. Consequently, the Czechoslovak Church tended towards Protestantism and an Orthodox branch split off. The Prague Archeparchy encompasses the whole of Bohemia.

Greek Catholic bishops of Prague

Czech Republic was established in 2006. Exarchs:

Prague bishops of the Czechoslovak Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The Czechoslovak Hussite Church split off from the Roman Catholics in 1920s. Initially the church varied between Catholic modernism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism; today it is a Protestant church in principle.
Bishops of Prague Diocese:
  1. Karel Farský, 1925–1927
  2. Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942
  3. Miroslav Novák, 1946–1962
  4. Josef Kupka, 1962–1982
  5. Miroslav Durchánek, 1982–1988
  6. René Hradský, 1989–1999
  7. Karel Bican 1999–2007
  8. David Tonzar, since 2008
Prague is also the seat of patriarchs. The two first Bishops of Prague were also patriarchs. Since 1946, the patriarch is a different bishop.
  1. Karel Farský, 1924–1927
  2. Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942
  3. František Kovář, 1946–1961
  4. Miroslav Novák, 1961–1990
  5. Vratislav Štěpánek, 1991–1994
  6. Josef Špak, 1994–2001
  7. Jan Schwarz, 2001–2005
  8. Tomáš Butta, since 2006