The names of the following list of
bishops and archbishops of Prague are given in
Czech, with English equivalent or otherwise as suitable. ;
Suffragan Bishops of Prague •
Dětmar (Thietmar, Dietmar) (973 – death 2 January 982) • St. Vojtěch (
Adalbert of Prague,
Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (19 January 982 – 988 and (992 – 994), died 996 • Kristian (
Strachkvas) (996 (died during consecration)) • Thiddag (998 – death 11 June 1017) • Ekkhard (Ekkehard, Ekhard, Helicardus) (1017 – death 8 August 1023) • Hyza (Hyzo, Hizzo, Izzo) (1023 – death 31 January 1030) • Šebíř (Severus) (1030 – death 12 September 1067) •
Gebhart (Gebehard, Jaromír) (1068 – 1089) • Kosmas (1090 – death 12 October 1098) • Heřman (1099 – death 17 September 1122) • Menhart (Meinhard) (1122 – death 3 September 1134) • Jan I (John) (1134 – death 8 August 1139) • ? Silvestr (1139 – abdication 1140 • Ota (Otto) (1140 – death 10 July 1148) • Daniel I (1148 – death 9 August 1167) •
Gotpold (Goltpold, Gothard, Hotart) (1168 – 1168.03.10 not possessed: died before installation) • Bedřich z Puttendorfu (1168 – death 31 July 1179) • Valentin (Veliš, Vališ) (1179 – death 6 February 1182) •
Bretislaus III of Bohemia = Jindřich Břetislav (1182 – death 15 June 1197) • Daniel II (Milík z Talmberka) (1197 – death 4 April 1214) • Ondřej (1214 – death 30 July 1224) • Pelhřim (Peregrin) z Vartenberka (1124 – 1125) • Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav) (1225 – death 10 July 1226) • Jan II (John) (1226 – death 17 August 1236) • Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř ze Sulevic (1236 – death 12 September 1240) • Mikuláš z Reisenburku/Rýzmburka (1240 – death 18 January 1258) • Jan III (John) z Dražic (1258 – death 21 October 1278) • Tobiáš z Bechyně (1278 – death 1 March 1296) • Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka (1296 – death 6 September 1301) • Jan IV (John) z Dražic (1301 – death 5 January 1343) • ? Jindřich Berka z Dubé (1333 – ?), previously Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz,
Moravia, Czech Republic) (1327 – 1333) • ? Arnošt z Pardubic (
Arnošt of Pardubice) (?1343 – ?1344
see below) ;
Metropolitan Archbishops of Prague • Arnošt z Pardubic (
Arnošt of Pardubice)
see above? (1344 – death 30 June 1364) •
Jan Očko z Vlašimi (1364.08.23 – retired 1379.03.06); previously Bishop of
Olomouc (Moravia) (1351.11.17 – 1364.08.23); created
Cardinal-Priest of
Ss. XII Apostoli (1378.09.18 – death 1380.01.14) •
Jan z Jenštejna (John) (Johann von Jenstein) (1379.03.19 – 1396); previously Bishop of
Meißen (Saxony, Germany) (1375.07.04 – 1379.03.19) • Olbram (Volfram) ze Škvorce (1369 – death 1402.05.01) •
Mikuláš Puchník z Černic (1402 - 1402.09.19 not possessed : died before consecration) •
Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka (1403–1411) •
Sigismund Albicus (1411–1412) •
Conrad of Vechta = Konrád z Vechty (1413 – death 1421.12.24) •
sede vacante 1421–1561 •
Apostolic Administrator Johann von Bucka (John), Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1421.08.13 – 1430.10.09), while Bishop of Olomouc ([1416.09.21] 1418.02.14 – 1430.10.09), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1426.05.27 – 1430.10.09), Apostolic Administrator of Vác (Hungary) (1429 – 1430.10.09); previously Bishop of Litomyšl (1392 – 1418.02.14), Apostolic Administrator of Litomyšl (1418.02.14 – 1420) •
Antonín Brus of Mohelnice (1561 – death 1580.08.28), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1561 – 1580.08.28); previously Bishop of
Wien (Vienna, Austria) (1558 – 1563) • Martin Medek z Mohelnice (1581 – death 1590.02.02), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star •
Zbyněk Berka z Dubé (a Liepé) (1593.06.21 – death 1606.03.06), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star • Karel Graf von Lamberk = Karl z Lamberka (1607 – 1612), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star •
Johann Lohel = Jan Lohelius (1612 – 1622), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star •
Ernst Adalbert = Arnošt Vojtěch, Graf (count) von Harrach (born Austria) (1623.01.06 – death 1667.10.25), also
Grand Master of
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Maria degli Angeli (1632.06.07 – 1667.07.18), also Bishop of
Trento (Italy) (1665.07.31 – 1667.10.25), transferred Cardinal-Priest of
S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1667.07.18 – 1667.10.25),
Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1667.07.18 – 1667.10.25) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Fuk von Hradiste,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (born Czech Republic) (1644.04.18 – death 1653.08.23), Titular Bishop of
Trapezus (1644.04.18 – 1653.08.23) • Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Giuseppe Corti (1654.06.22 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Sebastia (1654.06.22 – ?) • Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Battista Barsotti (born Italy) (1663.04.23 – death 1664.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Constantia (1663.04.23 – 1664.03.09) • Auxiliary Bishop: Martinus Paulus Kemlick (1667.02.07 – ?), Titular Bishop of
Diocæsarea antea Sepphoris (1667.02.07 – ?) •
Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667 – 1668 (died before consecration) • Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg = Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka, O.S.B. (1669.03.11 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1664.11.10 – 1669.03.11) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Otto Reinhold Andrimont,
Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1669.09.09 – 1674.11.22), Titular Bishop of
Diocaesarea antea Sepphoris (1669.09.09 – ?) • Jan Bedřich = Johann Friedrich
Reichsgraf von Waldstein,
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (O. Cr.) (born Austria) (1675.12.02 – death 1694.06.03), previously Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1668.06.16] 1673.11.27 – 1675.12.02), and already Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (1668 – 1694.06.03) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Sotomayor, O.S.B. (1675.01.28 – death 1679.01.25?), Titular Bishop of
Selymbria (1675.01.28 – 1679.01.25?) • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky (born Czech Republic) (1679.04.10 – death 1701.01.10), Titular Bishop of
Milevum (1679.04.10 – 1701.01.10) • Auxiliary Bishop: Vitus Seipel (born Czech Republic) (1701.01.03 – death 1711.03.09), Titular Bishop of
Hierapolis (1701.01.03 – 1711.03.09) • Jan Josef = Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner (1695.07.04 – death 1710.03.20) (born Austria), previously
Titular Bishop of
Nicopolis (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1670.12.15 – 1695.07.04) • Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg (1711.05.11 – death 1731.08.07), previously Bishop of
Ljubljana (
Slovenia) (1701.07.18 – 1711.05.11) • Daniel Josef Mayer (z Mayernu) (born Czech Republic) ([1731.11.04] 1732.05.07 – death 1733.04.10), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07) •
Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic 1733 (died before confirmation) • Johann Moritz Gustav Reichsgraf von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733.12.18 – death 1763.10.26), previously Bishop of
Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1721.06.18] 1721.08.03 – 1733.12.18) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Rudolf von Sporck (born Czech Republic) (1733.03.05 – death 1759.01.21), Titular Bishop of
Adrasus (1729.02.07 – 1759.01.21) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic (1743.09.23 – death 1755.05.16), Titular Bishop of
Mennith (1743.09.23 – 1755.05.16) • Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (1748.09.16 – death 1757.02.07), Titular Bishop of
Callinicum (1748.09.16 – 1757.02.07) • Auxiliary Bishop: Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein (born Czeachie) (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28), Titular Bishop of
Amyclae (1756.05.23 – 1760.01.28); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1759.07.19] 1760.01.28 – death 1789.12.07) • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Andreas Kaiser (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17), Titular Bishop of
Themiscyra (1760.03.03 – 1775.07.17); later Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1775.05.14] 1775.07.17 – death 1776.05.05) • Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic = Anton Peter Graf Przichowsky von Przichowitz (born Czech Republic) (1763.10.26 – death 1793.04.14); previously Titular Archbishop of
Hemesa (1752.09.25 – 1754.01.14) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Praha (1752.09.25 – 1763.10.26) and
Archbishop-Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) ([1753.09.29] 1754.01.14 – 1763.10.26) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Paul Sedeler (1775.09.11 – death 1776.09.04), Titular Bishop of
Lycopolis (1775.09.11 – 1776.09.04) • Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Xaver Twrdy (1776.12.16 – death 1779.03.22), Titular Bishop of
Hippo Zarytus (1776.12.16 – 1779.03.22) • Auxiliary Bishop: Johann Mathäus Schweiberer (1779.07.12 – death 1781.06.27), Titular Bishop of
Antipatris (1779.07.12 – 1781.06.27) • Auxiliary Bishop: Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – death 1792.12.27), Titular
Bishop of Tiberias (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27) • Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm-Salm (born Belgium) (1793.09.23 – death 1810.09.14), previously Bishop of
Tournai (Belgium) ([1776.01.30] 1776.05.20 – 1793.09.23) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Václav von Chlumčansky (born Czech Republic) (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29), Titular Bishop of
Cydonia (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29); later Bishop of
Litoměřice (Leitomischl, Czech Republic) ([1801.10.15] 1802.03.29 – 1815.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (
see below) • Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop-elect Ján Baptist Richlowsky (1808.01.11 – ?), Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1808.01.11 – ?) • Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan (
see above ([1814.12.30]1815.03.15 – death 1830.06.14) •
Auxiliary Bishop:
František de Paula Pištěk (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24), Titular Bishop of
Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24); later Bishop of
Tarnów (Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Lvov (Lviv,
Ukraine) (1835.07.24 – death 1846.02.01) •
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat = Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat (born Czech Republic) (1831.02.28 – 1833.03.28), previously Titular Bishop of
Sarepta (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1800.12.22 – 1815.03.15), Bishop of
Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) (1815.03.15 – 1831.02.28) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Gianfrancesco Guglielmo Tippmann (1832.12.17 – death 1857.06.20), Titular Bishop of
Satala (1832.12.17 – 1857.06.20) •
Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice = Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (born Poland) (1833.09.30 – death 1838.03.26), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of
Lviv (Lvov,
Ukraine) (1815.03.25 – 1833.09.30) •
Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk = Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk (born Czech Republic) (1838.09.17 – death 1849.03.05), previously Titular Bishop of
Ptolemais (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1838.02.12 – 1838.09.17) •
Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg (born Austria), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salzburg (Austria) ([1835.09.23] 1836.02.01 – retired 1850.05.20), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Sant'Agostino (1842.01.27 – death 1885.03.27), later
Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1877.07.08 – 1885.03.27) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Petrus Franciscus Krejčí (1857.12.21 – death 1870.07.04), Titular Bishop of
Oropus (1857.12.21 – 1870.07.04) • Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Franz Prucha (born Czech Republic) (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23), Titular Bishop of
Ioppe (1871.03.06 – 1883.10.23) • Auxiliary Bishop: Carlo Schwarz (1884.03.27 – death 1891), Titular Bishop of
Anastasiopolis (1884.03.27 – 1891) •
Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (brn Czech Republic), (1885.07.27 – death 1899.06.25), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1889.12.30 – 1899.06.25); previously Bishop of
České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (1883.09.28 – 1885.07.27) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous,
Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1891.10.01 – death 1907.09.19), Titular Bishop of
Gratianopolis (1891.10.01 – 1907.09.19) •
Lev Skrbenský z Hříště (born Austria-Hungary) (1899.12.14 – 1916.05.05), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1902.06.09 – death 1938.12.24), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (Czech Republic) (1916.05.05 – retired 1920.07.06),
Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1928.12.07 – 1938.12.24) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Venceslao Frind (born Czech Republic) (1901.07.15 – retired 1917), Titular Bishop of
Gadara (1901.07.15 – death 1932.09.02) • Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Borgia Krásl (1901.07.27 – death 1907.07.27), Titular Bishop of
Helenopolis (1901.07.27 – 1907.07.27) • Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Brusák (born Czech Republic) (1908.05.01 – death 1918.04.05), Titular Bishop of
Acmonia (1908.05.01 – 1918.04.05) •
Pavel Graf von Huyn (1916.10.04 – 1919.09.06, previously Bishop of
Brno (Brün, Czech Republic) (1904.05.14 – retired 1916.10.04); emeritate first as
Titular Archbishop of
Sardica (1919.09.06 – 1921.06.13), then as
Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1921.06.13 – death 1946.10.01) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Glosauer (1917.07.07 – death 1926.06.09),
Titular Bishop of
Hermopolis Magna (1917.07.07 – 1926.06.09) • Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Sedlák (1917.07.07 – death 1930.10.10), Titular Bishop of
Tacapæ (1917.07.07 – 1930.10.10) •
František Kordač (1919.09.16 – retired 1931.07.12), emeritate as
Titular Archbishop of
Amasea (1931.07.21 – 1934.04.26) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Podlaha (1920.03.08 – 1932.02.14), Titular Bishop of
Paphus (1920.03.08 – death 1932.02.14) • Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Remiger (1929.12.16 – retired 1941), Titular Bishop of
Dadima (1929.12.16 – death 1959.05.21) •
Karel Kašpar (born Austria-Hungary) (1931.10.22 – death 1941.04.21), created
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1935.12.19 – 1941.04.21); previously
Titular Bishop of
Bethsaida (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, Czech Republic) (1920.03.08 – 1921.06.13), succeeding as Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921.06.13 – 1931.10.22) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Frantisek Zapletal (1933.01.20 – death 1935.08.20), Titular Bishop of
Salona (1933.01.20 – 1935.08.20) • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Eltschkner (1933.02.10 – death 1961.02.22), Titular Bishop of
Zephyrium (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22) •
Josef Beran (born Austria-Hungary) (1946.11.04 – 1969.05.17), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Santa Croce in Via Flaminia (1965.02.25 – 1969.05.17), no previous prelature •
Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetán Matoušek (1949.08.29 – retired 1992.06.05), Titular Bishop of
Serigene (1949.08.29 – death 1994.10.21) •
Apostolic Administrator (sede plena until 1969.05.17) František Tomášek (1965.02.18 – 1977.12.30
see below), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1977.06.27 – 1992.08.04); previously Titular Bishop of
Butus (1949.10.12 – 1977.06.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz, Czech Republic) (1949.10.12 – 1977.12.30) •
František Tomášek (
see above 1977.12.30 – retired 1991.03.27), President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia (1990 – 1991.06.11); died 1992 •
Auxiliary Bishop: Jaroslav Škarvada (1982.12.18 – retired 2002.09.25),
Titular Bishop of
Litomyšl (Leitomerschel, 1982.12.18 – death 2010.06.14) • Auxiliary Bishop: Antonín Liška,
Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of
Vergi (1988.05.19 – 1991.08.28), next Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1991.08.28 – retired 2002.09.25); died 2003 • Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Lebeda (1988.05.19 – death 1991.11.05), Titular Bishop of
Novi (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05) • Auxiliary Bishop:
František Radkovský (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Titular Bishop of
Aggar (1990.03.17 – 1993.05.31), Secretary General of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1993.07.07); later Bishop of
Plzeň (Pilsen, Czech Republic) (1993.05.31 – 2016.02.12) • Auxiliary Bishop:
František Václav Lobkowicz,
Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30), Titular Bishop of
Catabum Castra (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30); later first Bishop of
Ostrava–Opava (Czech Republic) (1996.05.30 – ...), Vice-President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (2005.01 – 2010.04.21) •
Miloslav Vlk (1991.03.27 – 13 February 2010), President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 2000.01.25), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1993.04.16 – 2001.05.31), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.18);, previously Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (1990.02.14 – 1991.03.27) •
Auxiliary Bishop: Jiří Paďour,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), Titular Bishop of
Ausuccura (1996.12.03 – 2001.02.23), later
Coadjutor Bishop of
České Budějovice (Budweis) (Czech Republic) (2001.02.23 – 2002.09.25) succeeding as Bishop of České Budějovice (Czech Republic) (2002.09.25 – 2014.03.01), died 2015 • Auxiliary Bishop: Karel Herbst,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (2002.02.19 – 2016.12.01), Titular Bishop of
Siccesi (2002.02.19 – ...) •
Dominik Duka,
Ordo Praedicatorum (O.P.) (2010.02.13 – 2022.05.13) •
Auxiliary Bishop Václav Malý (1996.12.03 – ...), Titular Bishop of
Marcelliana (1996.12.03 – ...) •
Auxiliary Bishop Zdeněk Wasserbauer (2018.01.23 – ...), Titular Bishop of
Buthrotum (2018.01.23 – ...) •
Jan Graubner (2022.05.13 – 2026.02.02) •
Stanislav Přibyl (2026.02.02) ==Patron saints==