The Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope

Pope

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, curia

Curia

A curia in early Roman times was a subdivision of the people, i.e. more or less a tribe, and with a metonymy it came to mean also the meeting place where the tribe discussed its affairs...

 in Rome

Rome

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, and the Conference of Czech of Bishops.

There are 2.74 million Catholics in the country representing about 1/4 of the total population (census 2001). There are eight diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

s including two archdiocese. In addition, there is a separate jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite

Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite is the liturgical rite used currently by all the Eastern Orthodox Churches, by the Greek Catholic Churches , and by the Protestant Ukrainian Lutheran Church...

. Although the Catholic Church is the largest Christian religious grouping in the country, Czechs have historically been more loosely attached to the church for nationalistic reasons, such as the Habsburg

Habsburg

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 rule and the 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...

 influence, in contrast to the Poles, who stayed more attached for nationalistic reasons.

Structure

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• Province of Bohemia
  • 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....
    
     with the following suffragans:
  • Diocese of Plzeň
  • Diocese of Litoměřice
  • Diocese of České Budějovice
    Diocese of Ceské Budejovice
    The Diocese of České Budějovice is a Roman Catholic diocese. It is situated almost entirely in Bohemia, with only small eastern section in Moravia. The diocese was founded on 20 September 1785, and its area is 12 500 km²...
    
    
  • Diocese of Hradec Králové

• Province of Moravia
  • Archdiocese of Olomouc with the following suffragans
  • Diocese of Brno
  • Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

• Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Rite Catholics (immediately subject to the Holy See
  Holy See
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• Military Vicarate of Czech Republic

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Czech Republic
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