Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové
The Diocese of Hradec Králové (, ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hradec Králové in the Ecclesiastical Province of Prague in the Czech Republic. History On November 10, 1664, the diocese was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Prague On 28 June 1972 Pope Paul VI – by his Apostolic constitution Episcoporum Poloniae coetus – redrew boundaries of a number of Polish, Czech, and German dioceses, removing the County of Kladsko area from the Diocese of Hradec Králové and assigning it to the neighbouring Archdiocese of Wrocław. Leadership Bishops of Hradec Králové Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, (10 November 1664 – 11 March 1669), appointed Archbishop of Prague Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein (16 June 1668 – 2 December 1675), appointed Archbishop of Prague Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg (15 January 1676 – 3 April 1698) Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow (23 September 1698 – 18 September 1701) Tobias Johannes Becker (24 November 1701 – 11 September 1710) Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (12 November 1710 – 24 September 1721), appointed Bishop of Litoměřice Wenzel Franz Karl Reichsfreiherr Koschinsky von Koschín (9 January 1721 – 26 March 1731) Moritz