Type: | Bishop |
Vlastimil Kročil | |
Church: | Catholic |
Province: | česká církevní |
Diocese: | Diocese of České Budĕjovice |
Appointed: | 19 March 2015 |
Ordination: | 13 June 2015 |
Birth Place: | Brno, Czech Republic |
Nationality: | Czech |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Vlastimil Kročil.svg |
Education: | Pontifical Lateran University (1988-1993) Pontifical Gregorian University (1993-1996) |
Birth Date: | 1961 5, df=yes |
Ordained By: | Pope Francis |
Consecrated By: | Dominik Jaroslav Cardinal Duka, O.P. |
Vlastimil Kročil (born 10 May 1961 in Brno) is a Czech Roman Catholic clergyman. He is the current Bishop of Budweis.
After graduating in 1986 he was rejected three times for the Theological Faculty in Litoměřice. He moved to Italy, where he studied at the Pontifical Lateran University (1988-1993) and the Pontifical Gregorian University (1993-1996). He was ordained priest on 16 July 1994 and named Bishop of Budweis on 19 March 2015 by Pope Francis.[1]