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Metropolitan see Praha, Czechia

Archdiocese of Praha

Pragen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St Vitus Cathedral, in Praha, Czechia.

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Established
973
Catholics
559,800
Priests
291
Territory
8,765 km²

Parishes and churches

160 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Stanislav Přibyl
Born
16 November 1971
Birthplace
Praha
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)

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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.

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.