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František Václav Lobkowicz

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His Excellency
František Lobkowicz
O. Praem.
Bishop of Ostrava-Opava
Lobkowicz in 2017
Lobkowicz in 2017
Church Catholic
Diocese Ostrava-Opava
Installed 1996
Term ended 2022
Predecessor Post created
Previous posts Auxiliary Bishop of Prague (1990–1996)
Titular bishop of Catabum Castra (1990–1996)
Orders
Ordination 15 August 1972
Consecration 7 April 1990
by František Tomášek
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie Prinz von Lobkowicz
5 January 1948
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Died 17 February 2022 (aged 74)
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Denomination Catholic
Motto Pro Vita Mundi

Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie, Prince von Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (5 January 1948 – 17 February 2022) was a Czech Catholic prelate and a member by birth of the Lobkowicz family. Lobkowicz served as titular bishop of Catabum Castra and as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic from 1990 to 1996. He was then appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic, serving from 1996 until his death.

Lobkowicz died on 17 February 2022, at the age of 74.[1][2]

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