The following is a list of bishops and archbishops of Prague. The bishopric of Prague was established in 973, and elevated to an archbishopric on 30 April 1344. The current Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague is the continual successor of the bishopric established in 973 (with a 140-year sede vacante in the Hussite era). In addition, the city also has an Eastern Orthodox archeparchy (archbishopric), Greek Catholic exarchate and the Prague diocese and patriarchate of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church seat in Prague.

Catholic Bishops of Prague The names are given in Czech, with English or otherwise as suitable.

Succession Name Dates of bishopric 1. Dětmar (Thietmar, Dietmar) 973–982 2. St. Adalbert of Prague 982–996 Kristian (Strachkvas) 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. Jaromír (Gebhart, Gebehard) 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 of Puttendorf 1168–1179 15. Valentin (Veliš) 1179–1182 16. Henry Bretislaus 1182–1197 17. Daniel II (Milík of Talmberk) 1197–1214 18. Ondřej 1214–1224 19. Pelhřim (Peregrin) of Vartenberk 1224–1225 20. Budilov (Budivoj, Budislav) 1225–1226 21. Jan II 1226–1236 22. Bernhard (Buchard) Kaplíř of Sulevice 1236–1240 23. Mikuláš of Reisenburk 1240–1258 24. Jan III of Dražice 1258–1278 25. Tobiáš of Bechyně 1278–1296 26. Řehoř Zajíc of Valdek 1296–1301 27. John IV of Dražice 1301–1343 28. Arnošt of Pardubice 1343–1344

Catholic Archbishops of Prague Succession Name Dates of archbishopric 1. Arnošt of Pardubice 1344–1364 2. Jan Očko of Vlašim 1364–1379 3. Jan of Jenštejn 1379–1396 4. Olbram (Volfram) of Škvorec 1396–1402 Mikuláš Puchník of Černice 1402 (died before consecration) 5. Zbyněk Zajíc of Hazmburk 1403–1411 6. Sigismund Albicus 1411–1412 7. Conrad of Vechta 1413–1421 sede vacante 1421–1561 8. Antonín Brus of Mohelnice 1561–1580 9. Martin Medek of Mohelnice 1581–1590 10. Zbyněk Berka of Dubá 1592–1606 11. Karel Graf von Lamberk 1607–1612 12. Johann Lohel 1612–1622 13. Ernst Adalbert von Harrach 1623–1667 Johann Wilhelm Graf von Liebstein von Kolovrat 1667–1668 (died before consecration) 14. Matouš Ferdinand Sobek (Zoubek) of Bílenberk 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 of Mayer 1732–1733 Jan Adam Vratislav of Mitrovice 1733 (died before confirmation) 19. Johann Moriz Gustav Graf von Manderscheid–Blankenheim 1733–1763 20. Antonín Petr hrabě Příchovský of Příchovice 1764–1793 21. Wilhelm Florentin Fürst von Salm 1793–1810 22. Václav Leopold Chlumčanský of Přestavlky and Chlumčany 1815–1830 23. Alois Josef Krakovský z Kolovrat 1831–1833 24. Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz 1834–1838 25. Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk 1838–1849 26. Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg 1849–1885 27. Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn 1885–1899 28. Lev Skrbenský z Hříště 1899–1916 29. Pavel Huyn 1916–1919 30. František Kordač 1919–1931 31. Karel Kašpar 1931–1941 32. Josef Beran 1946–1969 33. František Tomášek 1977–1991 34. Miloslav Vlk 1991–2010 35. Dominik Duka 2010–2022 36. Jan Graubner 2022–2025 38. Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R Present

Orthodox bishops of Prague The first Orthodox mission in Czech lands was led by Saints Cyril and Methodius, some time before the East–West Schism, with its centre in Moravia. The current Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church comes from the Czech Orthodox clubs and partly arose from the early Czechoslovak Church which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1920s. Consequently, the Czechoslovak Church tended towards Protestantism and an Orthodox branch split off. The Prague Archeparchy encompasses the whole of Bohemia.

Gorazd (Pavlík) 1921–1942 Savvatij (Vrabec) 1926–? Sergij (Koroljov) 1945–1946 Eleuterius (Voroncov) 1946–1955 Jan (Kuchtin) 1956–1964 Dorotheus (Filip) 1963–1999 Christopher (Pulec) 2000–2013 Jáchym (Hrdý) 2014–2015 Michal (Dandár) since 2014

Greek Catholic bishops of Prague The Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic was established in 1996. Exarchs to date have been: Ivan Ljavinec, 1996–2003 Ladislav Hučko, 2003–2025

Prague bishops of the Czechoslovak Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (until 1971 Czechoslovak Church) split off from the Roman Catholics in 1920s. Initially the church varied between Catholic modernism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism; today it is a Protestant church in principle.

Bishops of Prague Diocese: Karel Farský, 1925–1927 Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942 Miroslav Novák, 1946–1962 Josef Kupka, 1962–1982 (in 1971, the church was renamed to "Hussite") Miroslav Durchánek, 1982–1988 René Hradský, 1989–1999 Karel Bican 1999–2007 David Tonzar, since 2008

Prague is also the seat of patriarchs. The two first Bishops of Prague were also patriarchs. Since 1946, the patriarch is a different bishop. Karel Farský, 1924–1927 Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942 František Kovář, 1946–1961 Miroslav Novák, 1961–1990 Vratislav Štěpánek, 1991–1994 Josef Špak, 1994–2001 Jan Schwarz, 2001–2005 Tomáš Butta, since 2006

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