Diocese of Ostrava-Opava
Ostravien(sis)-Opavien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
Latin Church diocese in Moravian Silesia, Czech Republic, established on 30 May 1996. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olomouc and led by Bishop Martin David, who became diocesan bishop in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 May 1996
- Latin
- Ostravien(sis)-Opavien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Hedwig of Silesia
- Annuario code
- 001002487
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 429,000
- Population
- 1,292,170
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.2%
- Priests
- 216
- Catholics per priest
- 1,986
- Extent
- 6,360 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 67
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Martin David
- Born
- 15 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Čeladná
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Divine Saviour stands in Ostrava-Opava, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Olomouc
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olomouc.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OlomoucOlomouc
- Diocese of BrnoBrno
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic, the Diocese of Ostrava-Opava (Latin: Ostraviensis-Opaviensis) serves as a suffragan Latin diocese within the province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc. Its episcopal seat is the Katedrála Božského Spasitele in Ostrava, dedicated to the Divine Saviour; the diocese also has a Co-Cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Opava, and a Minor Basilica, the Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady in Frýdek-Místek.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.