The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

ric of Prague was established in 973, and elevated to an archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

ric on 30 April 1344. The today's Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague

Archdiocese of Prague

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague is a Catholic archdiocese of the Latin Rite in the Czech Republic. The archepiscopal see is in the Czech capital of Prague....

 is the continual successor of the bishoprie established in 973 (with a 140-year sede vacante

Sede vacante

Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church...

 in Hussite

Hussite

The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus , who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation...

 era). Therewithal, also Orthodox archeparchy

Eparchy

Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...

 (archbishoprie), Greek Catholic exarchate and the Prague diocese and Patriarchate of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is a Christian Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. It traces its tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledges Jan Hus as its predecessor...

 seat in Prague.

Bishops of Prague

The names are given in Czech

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

, with English or otherwise as suitable.

Succession	Name	Dates of bishopric
1.	Dětmar Detmar Dětmar, Thietmar or Dietmar; died 2 January 982 in Prague) was the first Bishop of Prague. He came from Saxony and learned to speak Czech. The diocese of Prague was assigned to the archbishopric of Mainz, when Thietmar was elected as the first bishop in 973 at the time of government by Boleslaus II...  (Thietmar, Dietmar)	973–982
2.	St. Vojtěch (Adalbert of Prague Adalbert of Prague This article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St... )	982–996
	Kristian (Strachkvas Strachkvas Strachkvas was a prince of Bohemia, son of Boleslav I and brother of Boleslav II, all members of the Přemyslid dynasty... )	996 (died during consecration)
3.	Thiddag (Deodadus)	998–1017
4.	Ekkhard (Ekkehard, Ekhard, Helicardus)	1017–1023
5.	Hyza (Hyzo, Hizzo, Izzo)	1023–1030
6.	Šebíř (Severus)	1030–1067
7.	Gebhart Jaromir, Bishop of Prague Jaromir was the bishop of Prague from 1068 when he was appointed by his brother, Vratislaus II of Bohemia. The two were both sons of the Duke Bretislaus I....  (Gebehard, Jaromír)	1068–1089
8.	Kosmas	1090–1098
9.	Heřman	1099–1122
10.	Menhart (Meinhard)	1122–1134
11.	Jan I	1134–1139
	Silvestr	1139–1140 (abdicated)
12.	Ota (Otto)	1140–1148
13.	Daniel I	1148–1167
	Gotpold (Goltpold, Gothard, Hotart)	1168 (died before installation)
14.	Bedřich z Puttendorfu	1168–1179
15.	Valentin (Vališ)	1179–1182
16.	Jindřich Břetislav Bretislaus III of Bohemia Henry Bretislaus III was the duke of Bohemia from 1193 to his death. Being the bishop of Prague since 1182, he was also a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was a son of Henry, son of Vladislaus I....	1182–1197
17.	Daniel II (Milík z Talmberka)	1197–1214
18.	Ondřej	1214–1224
19.	Pelhřim (Peregrin) z Vartenberka	1124–1125
20.	Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav)	1225–1226
21.	Jan II	1226–1236
22.	Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř ze Sulevic	1236–1240
23.	Mikuláš z Reisenburku	1240–1258
24.	Jan III z Dražic	1258–1278
25.	Tobiáš z Bechyně	1278–1296
26.	Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka	1296–1301
27.	Jan IV z Dražic	1301–1343
28.	Arnošt z Pardubic (Arnošt of Pardubice Arnošt of Pardubice Arnošt z Pardubic was the first Archbishop of Prague. He was also an advisor and diplomat to Emperor Charles IV.... )	1343–1344

Archbishops of Prague

Succession	Name	Dates of archbishopric
1.	Arnošt of Pardubice Arnošt of Pardubice Arnošt z Pardubic was the first Archbishop of Prague. He was also an advisor and diplomat to Emperor Charles IV....	1344–1364
2.	Jan Očko z Vlašimi Jan Ocko z Vlašimi Jan Očko z Vlašimi , from the family of Vlastislaviců Janovic, was the second Archbishop of Prague . He was the uncle to his successor Jan z Jenštejna ....	1364–1379
3.	Jan z Jenštejna Jan z Jenštejna Jan z Jenštejna was the Archbishop of Prague 1379–1396. He studied in Bologna, Padova, Montpellier and Paris. He was also poet, writter and composer.- Life :...	1379–1396
4.	Olbram (Volfram) ze Škvorce	1369–1402
	Mikuláš Puchník z Černic	1402 (died before consecration)
5.	Zbyněk Zajíc z Hasenburka	1403–1411
6.	Sigismund Albicus Sigismund Albicus Sigismund Albicus was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague and a Moravian.Albicus was born at Uničov, Moravia and entered the University of Prague when quite young, taking his degree in medicine in 1387....	1411–1412
7.	Conrad of Vechta Conrad of Vechta Conrad of Vechta was Bishop of Verden , Bishop of Olomouc , Archbishop of Prague , and Master of the Mint and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia.-Before episcopate:It is not certain...	1413–1421
	sede vacante Sede vacante Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church...	1421–1561
8.	Antonín Brus z Mohelnice Antonín Brus z Mohelnice Antonín Brus was a Moravian Archbishop of Prague.- Life :He was born at Mohelnice in Moravia,After receiving his education at Prague he joined the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, an ecclesiastical order established in Bohemia in the thirteenth century...	1561–1580
9.	Martin Medek z Mohelnice	1581–1590
10.	Zbyněk Berka z Dubé Zbynek Berka z Dubé Zbyněk Berka z Dubé was a Catholic Cleric, cardinal and the tenth Archbishop of Prague. He was a member of the religious order called Knights of the Cross with the Red Star....	1592–1606
11.	Karel Graf von Lamberk	1607–1612
12.	Johann Lohel Johann Lohel Johann Lohelius , better known as Johann Lohel, was the archbishop of Prague from September 18, 1612 until his death.-Early life:Born in 1549 in a poor family, Johann was piously brought up...	1612–1622
13.	Arnošt Vojtěch Graf von Harrach	1623–1667
	Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat	1667–1668 (died before consecration)
14.	Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) z Bílenberka	1669–1675
15.	Jan Bedřich Graf von Waldstein	1675–1694
16.	Jan Josef Graf von Breuner	1695–1710
17.	Ferdinand Graf von Khünburg	1713–1731
18.	Daniel Josef Mayer z Mayeru	1732–1733
	Jan Adam Vratislav z Mitrovic	1733 (died before confirmation)
19.	Johann Moriz Gustav Graf von Manderscheid–Blankenheim	1733–1763
20.	Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský z Příchovic	1764–1793
21.	Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm	1793–1810
22.	Václav Leopold Chlumčanský z Přestavlk a Chlumčan	1815–1830
23.	Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat or Krakowský z Kolowrat was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1831 to 1833.-Biography:...	1831–1833
24.	Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1833 to 1838.-Biography:Ankwicz was born in Kraków, Poland in 1777. He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1810. In 1815, he was appointed and ordained archbishop of Lviv in Ukraine...	1834–1838
25.	Alois Josef svobodný pán Schrenk Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk und Nötzig was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1838 to 1849.-Biography:...	1838–1849
26.	Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg, sometimes Friedrich Johannes Joseph Schwarzenberg or in Czech Bedřich Schwarzenberg was a Catholic Cardinal of the nineteenth century in Austria and the Kingdom of Bohemia.He was the youngest child of John Joseph, Prince of Schwarzenberg and of...	1849–1885
27.	Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn Schönborn appeared first in the County of Katzenelnbogen in 1373 when Gilbrecht of Schönborn, a vassal, served Eberhard V of Katzenelnbogen. Later it was a German statelet ruled by the Schönborn family located in Franconia and areas at the Main River in Germany, located to the south of Bamberg and...	1885–1899
28.	Lev Skrbenský z Hříště Lev Skrbenský z Hríšte Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, , also spelt Skrebensky was a prominent Cardinal in the Catholic Church during the early twentieth century....	1899–1916
29.	Pavel Graf von Huyn	1916–1919
30.	František Kordač	1919–1931
31.	Karel Kašpar Karel Kašpar Karel Boromejský Kašpar was a Czech Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...	1931–1941
32.	Josef Beran	1946–1969
33.	František Tomášek František Tomášek František Tomášek was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian...	1977–1991
34.	Miloslav Vlk	1991–2010
35.	Dominik Duka Dominik Duka Dominik Jaroslav Duka O.P. Dominik Jaroslav Duka O.P. Dominik Jaroslav Duka O.P. (born 26 April 1943, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (now Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) is the 36th Archbishop of Prague since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 13 February 2010. He had previously served as...	since 2010

Orthodox bishops of Prague

The first orthodox mission in Czech lands were Saints Cyril and Methodius at the time of East–West Schism

East–West Schism

The East–West Schism of 1054, sometimes known as the Great Schism, formally divided the State church of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, respectively...

, but it has its centre in Moravia

Moravia

Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...

. The current Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territorially covers the countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

 comes from the Czech Orthodox clubs and partly has arisen from the early Czechoslovak Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is a Christian Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. It traces its tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledges Jan Hus as its predecessor...

 which has separated from the Roman Catholics in 1920s. Consequently, the Czechoslovak Church trended to protestantism and an Orthodox branch split off. The Prague Archeparchy embodies the whole Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

.

• Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague
  Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague
  Bishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík , was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I...
  
   1921–1942
• (...)
• Dorotheus (Filipp) of Prague 1963–1999
• Metropolitan Christopher (Pulec) of Prague since 2000

Greek Catholic bishops of Prague

Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic

Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic

Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic is a Roman Catholic institution overseeing the Catholics of Byzantine Rite living in the Czech Republic....

 was established in 2006. Exarchs:

• 1. Ivan Ljavinec
  Ivan Ljavinec
  Ivan Ljavinecz, is a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Ivan Ljavinecz was born in Volovec, Ukraine and ordained a priest on July 28, 1946. Ljavinecz was appointed titular bishop of the Acalissus as well as Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic on January 18,...
  
  , 1996–2003
• 2. Ladislav Hučko, since 2003

Prague bishops of the Czechoslovak Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is a Christian Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. It traces its tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledges Jan Hus as its predecessor...

 (until 1971 Czechoslovak Church) has split off from the Roman Catholics in 1920s. Firstly the church varied between Catholic modernism, Ortohodoxy and Protestantism, now it is a protestant church in principle.

Bishops of Prague Diocese:

• 1. Karel Farský
  Karel Farský
  Karel Farský was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.-References:...
  
  , 1925–1927
• 2. Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942
• 3. Miroslav Novák, 1946–1962
• 4. Josef Kupka, 1962–1982 (in 1971, the church was renamed to "Hussite")
• 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 Prague bishops was therewithal patriarchs. Since 1946, a patriarch is a separate bishop function.

• 1. Karel Farský
  Karel Farský
  Karel Farský was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.-References:...
  
  , 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
  Jan Schwarz
  Jan Schwarz is a former Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.Now he is Unitarian.- Notes :...
  
  , 2001–2005
• 8. Tomáš Butta
  Tomáš Butta
  Tomáš Butta is the eighth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.In 1984 Butta graduated from seminary and was ordained as a priest. He received appointment as a rector in the Hradec Králové Region...
  
  , since 2006