Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic
Cathedral of St Lawrence, Prague, mother church of the Old Catholic Church in Czech Republic
Classification	Catholic
Theology	Ultrajectine
Governance	Episcopal
Leader	Benedikt Pavel Stránský
Associations	International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference
Region	Czech Republic
Headquarters	Prague
Separated from	Roman Catholic Church
Congregations	16
Members	2,700 (2006)[1]
Ministers	22

The Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic (Czech: Starokatolická církev v České republice) consists of the Czech parishes in full communion with the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches. The church is also a member of the National Ecumenical Council, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches. The official publication of the community is Communio.

History

In 1991, Bishop Dušan Hejbal was elected to head the church. He was consecrated on September 27, 1997. In 2003, under his leadership, the church began ordaining women to the diaconate.^[2] He retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Benedikt Pavel Stránský in 2016.

Bishops

The following bishops have governed the Old Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.

• Aloisa Paszka (Alois Paszek, 1924-1946)
• Augustin Podolak (1968-1972)
• Jan Heger (1972-1991)
• Dušan Hejbal (1997-2015; elected in 1991 but not consecrated until 1997)
• Benedikt Pavel Stránský (2016–present)

References

External links

• Official website

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