Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Ostrava-Opava
Latin:Dioecesis Ostraviensis-Opaviensis
Local:Diecéze ostravsko-opavská
Country:Czech Republic
Metropolitan:Olomouc
Rite:Latin Rite
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Cocathedral:Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Opava
Patron:St. Hedwig of Silesia
Area Km2:6360
Population:1,292,170
Population As Of:2016
Catholics:429,000
Catholics Percent:33.2
Bishop:Martin David
Map:Rep Ceca - Diocesi di Ostrava-Opava.png
Denomination:Catholic Church

The Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (Latin: Ostraviensis-Opaviensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc in Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic.

The cathedral episcopal see is Katedrála Božského Spasitele, dedicated to the Divine Saviour, in Ostrava, and it also has

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 429,300 Catholics (32.7% of 1,314,000 total) on 6,150 km² in 276 parishes and a mission with 247 priests (188 diocesan, 59 religious), 30 deacons, 218 lay religious (76 brothers, 142 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopate

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Ostrava-Opava

See also

Sources

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