Archdiocese of Olomouc

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 km2 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, the Five Martyr Brothers, Adalbert of Prague, Vitus, Procopius of Sázava, Cordula of Cologne, Ludmila and Paulina of Rome. ==See also==