Archdiocese of Praha

ARCHDIOCESE OF PRAHA ARCHIDIOECESIS PRAGENSIS Country: Czech Republic Denomination: Roman Catholic Established: 973 as Diocese of Praha 1344 elevated to Archdiocese

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Previous arms:

The arms in 1475
The arms in 1581
The arms in a 17th century manuscript

Arms of Archbishops

Although there are seals known for the archbishops from 1344-1421, often with (family) arms, there are no other sources for these arms, so not (yet) included here. From 1421-1561 the Archdiocese was vacant.

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Jan Očko z Vlašim (1364-1379)
Johann von Bucka (Administrator, 1421-1430)
Anton Brus von Müglitz (1561-1580)
Martin Medek von Müglitz (1581-1590)
Zbynko Berka von Duba und Leipa (1592-1606)
Karl von Lamberg (1607-1612)
Johannes Lohelius (1612-1622)
Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau (1623-1667)
Johann Wilhelm Libštejnský von Kolowrat (1667-1668)
Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg (1668-1675)
Johann Friedrich von Waldstein (1675-1694)
Johann Joseph Breuner von Asparn (1694-1710)
Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg (1711-1731)
Daniel Joseph Mayer von Mayern (1732-1733)
Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1733-1763)
Anton Peter Příchowský von Příchowitz (1764-1793)
Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm (1793-1810)
Wenzel Leopold Chlumčanský von Přestavlk (1815-1830)
Alois Josef Krakovský von Kolowrat (1830-1833)
Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice (1833-1838)
Alois Joseph Schrenck von Notzing (1838-1849)
Friedrich Johannes Jacob Cölestin von Schwarzenberg (1850-1885)
Franziskus von Paula Schönborn (1885-1899)
Leo Skrbenský z Hříště (1899-1916)
Paul Maria Joseph Anton von Huyn (1916-1919)
Did not use arms, used the arms of the archdiocese only

František Kordač (1919-1931)
Karel Kašpar Boromejský (1931-1941)
Josef Beran (1946-1969)
František Tomášek (1977-1991)
Miloslav Vlk (1991-2010)
Dominik Duka (2010-2022)
Jan Graubner (2022-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

Emmanuel Ernst von Waldstein (1756-1759)
Johann Andreas Kayser von Kaysern (1760-1775)
Wenzel Leopold Chlumčanský von Přestavlk (1795-1801)
Jan Nepomuk Sedlák (1917-1930)
Antonín Eltschkner (1933-1961)
Kajetán Matoušek (1949-1992)
Jan Lebeda (1988-1991)
Jaroslav Škarvada (1982-2002)
Antonín Liška (1988-1991)
František Lobkowicz (1990-1996)
Václav Malý (1996-present)
Jiří Paďour (1996-2001)
Karel Herbst (2002-2016)
Zdeněk Wasserbauer (2018-present)

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