List of bishops and archbishops of Olomouc




The following is a list of diocesan bishops and archbishops of Olomouc. Not much is known about the beginnings of the Diocese of Olomouc. It was reestablished in 1063 and in 1777 it was elevated to an archdiocese.




Coat of arms of archbishops in Hukvaldy



Bishops of Olomouc



  • 898/900–? Bishop from Rome

  • 914–932 Jan (?)'

  • Vacant (?)

  • 942–947 Silvestr (?), † 961

  • 947–976 united with the Bishopric of Regensburg (?)

  • 976–981 Vratislav (?)

  • 981–991 united with the Bishopric of Regensburg (?)

  • 991–1063 united with the Bishopric of Prague (?)

  • 1063–1086 Jan I. (Johann I. von Brenau)

  • 1086–1088 united with the Bishopric of Prague (?)

  • 1088–1091 Vezel

  • 1091–1096 Ondřej (bishop of Olomouc)

  • 1096–1099 Jindřich (?)

  • 1097/1099–1104 Petr I.

  • 1104–1126 Jan II.

  • 1126–1150 Henry Zdík, in Czech: Jindřich Zdík

  • 1151–1157 Jan III. z Litomyšle

  • 1157–1172 Jan IV.

  • 1172–1182 Dětleb

  • 1182–1184 Pelhřim

  • 1184–1194 Kaim (Chaim von Böhmen)

  • 1194–1199 Engelbert von Brabant

  • 1199–1201 Jan V.

  • 1201–1240 Robert

  • 1241–1245 Konrád z Freiberku

  • 1245–1281 Bruno von Schauenburg

  • 1281–1302 Dětřich

  • 1302–1311 Jan VI. z Valdštejna

  • 1311–1316 Petr II.

  • 1316–1326 Konrád I.

  • 1327–1333 Jindřich Berka z Dubé

  • 1334–1351 Jan Volek [cs] († 1351)

  • 1351–1364 Jan VIII. Očko z Vlašimi († 1379)

  • 1364–1380 Jan IX. ze Středy

  • 1381–1387 Petr III.

  • 1387 Jan X. Soběslav

  • 1388–1397 Mikuláš z Riesenburka

  • 1398–1403 Jan XI.

  • 1403–1408 Ladislav z Kravař

  • 1409–1412 Conrad of Vechta

  • 1412–1416 Václav Králík z Buřenic

  • 1416–1430 Jan XII. Železný
    1416–1448 Also Slavatzki


  • 1430–1434 Konrád III. ze Zvole

  • 1434–1450 Pavel z Miličína

  • 1450–1454 Jan XIII. (Johann XIV. Haz)

  • 1454–1457 Bohuslav ze Zvole

  • 1457–1482 Protas Černohorský z Boskovic

  • 1483/4–1490 Jan Filipec z Prostějova

  • 1487–1489 Jan Vitéz mladší

  • 1489–1493 Ardicino della Porta

  • 1493–1497 Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, el mayor

  • 1497–1540 Stanislav I. Thurzo

  • 1540–1541 Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína

  • 1541–1553 Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště (Jan XVI. Dubravius, Johann XVI. Dubraw)

  • 1553–1565 Marek Khuen z Olomouce

  • 1565–1572 Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova

  • 1572–1574 Jan XVII. Grodecký

  • 1574–1575 Tomáš Albín z Helfenburka

  • 1576–1578 Jan XIII.

  • 1579–1599 Stanislav II. Pavlovský

  • 1599–1636 Franz von Dietrichstein (Czech: František z Ditrichsteina)

  • 1636–1637 Jan XIX. Arnošt z Plattenštejna (German: Johann Ernst Plateis von Plattenstein)

  • 1637–1662 Leopold I William

  • 1663–1664 Charles I Joseph

  • 1664–1695 Charles II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (Czech: Karel II. hrabě z Lichtenštejna)

  • 1695–1711 Charles Joseph of Lorraine (Czech: Karel III. Lotrinský, German: Karl Joseph von Lothringen) († 1715)

  • 1711–1738 Wolfgang Schrattenbach

  • 1738–1745 Jakub Arnošt z Lichtenštejna

  • 1745–1758 Ferdinand Julius Troyer z Troyersteinu

  • 1758–1760 Leopold II. Fridrich z Egkhu

  • 1761–1776 Maxmilián z Hamiltonu



Archbishops of Olomouc



  • 1777–1811 Antonín Theodor Colloredo-Waldsee

  • 1811–1819 Maria Tadeáš Trauttmansdorff

  • 1819–1831 Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen

  • 1831–1836 Ferdinand Maria Chotek

  • 1836–1853 Maxmilián Josef Sommerau-Beckh

  • 1853–1892 Bedřich z Fürstenberka

  • 1893–1904 Theodor Kohn

  • 1904–1915 Franziskus von Sales Bauer

  • 1916–1920 Lev Skrbenský z Hříště

  • 1921–1923 Antonín Cyril Stojan

  • 1923–1947 Leopold Prečan

  • 1948–1961 Josef Karel Matocha
    bishop Josef Vrana (apostolic administrator 1973–1987)


  • 1989–1991 František Vaňák

  • since 1992 Jan Graubner








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