Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín

The Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín was a short-lived (1947–1978) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Czechoslovakia.

History

• Established in 1947 as the Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín (named after the Moravian-Silesian Region see, alias Teschen), on canonical territory split off from the German and then Polish Archdiocese of Breslau, renamed as Archdiocese of Wrocław in 1972.
• Suppressed on 31 May 1978, its territory being merged into the Czech Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olomouc (Olmütz, also Moravia).

Ordinaries

(both Roman Rite)

Apostolic Administrators of Český Těšín

• František Onderek (1947 – 24 October 1962)
• Uncanonical: Antonín Veselý (1962–1977)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic
• List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)

Sources and external links

• GCatholic - data for all sections

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