Tomáš Butta is the eighth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

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In 1984 Butta graduated from seminary and was ordained as a priest. He received appointment as a rector in the Hradec Králové Region

Hradec Králové Region

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. In 1997 he acquired his doctorate

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 in theology from Charles University in Prague

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On 23 September 2006 he was elected to the position of patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Czechoslovak Hussite Church

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. He replaced Jan Schwarz

Jan Schwarz

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who had resigned.