Archdiocese of Praha
Pragen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Praha, Czechia
Primatial metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese in Bohemia, Czech Republic, founded as a diocese in 973 and elevated to archdiocese on 30 April 1344. Its province includes České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, Litoměřice, and Plzeň; Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl took office on 2 February 2026, succeeding Jan Graubner.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 973
- Latin
- Pragen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Adalbert
- Annuario code
- 001002663
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 559,800
- Population
- 2,322,700
- Catholic share
- 24.1%
- Priests
- 291
- Catholics per priest
- 1,924
- Extent
- 8,765 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Stanislav Přibyl
- Born
- 16 November 1971
- Birthplace
- Praha
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Vitus Cathedral stands in Praha, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Prague
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hradec KrálovéHradec Králové
- Diocese of LitoměřiceLitoměřice
- Diocese of PlzeňPlzeň
- Diocese of České BudĕjoviceČeské Budĕjovice
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bohemia's metropolitan see is the Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Pragensis; Czech: Metropolitní Arcidiecéze Pražská), a Latin archdiocese in the Czech Republic. Its archiepiscopal cathedral is St. Vitus Cathedral, standing entirely within the Prague Castle complex in the Bohemian and Czech capital Prague. The current metropolitan archbishop is Stanislav Přibyl.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].