Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
František Lobkowicz | |
Honorific-Suffix: | O. Praem. |
Bishop of Ostrava-Opava | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Diocese: | Ostrava-Opava |
Term: | 1996–2022 |
Term Start: | 1996 |
Term End: | 2022 |
Predecessor: | Post created |
Ordination: | 15 August 1972 |
Consecration: | 7 April 1990 |
Consecrated By: | František Tomášek |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Name: | Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie Prinz von Lobkowicz |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1948 |
Birth Place: | Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Death Place: | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
Nationality: | Czech |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1990–1996) Titular bishop of Catabum Castra (1990–1996) |
Motto: | "Pro Vita Mundi" |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of František Václav Lobkowicz.svg |
Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie, Prince von Lobkowicz (5 January 1948 – 17 February 2022) was a Czech Roman Catholic prelate. Lobkowicz served as titular bishop of Catabum Castra and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic from 1990 to 1996. He was then appointed the first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic, serving from 1996 until his death.
Lobkowicz died on 17 February 2022, at the age of 74.[1] [2]