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Diocese of Ostrava-Opava

*Dioecesis Ostraviensis-Opaviensis*

Diecéze ostravsko-opavská
Diocese of Ostrava-Opava; Dioecesis Ostraviensis-Opaviensis; Diecéze ostravsko-opavská
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Metropolitan	Olomouc
Statistics
Area	6,360 km2 (2,460 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2016); 1,292,170; 429,000 (33.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Opava
Patron saint	St. Hedwig of Silesia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Martin David
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The Diocese of Ostrava-Opava ( Latin: Ostraviensis-Opaviensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Olomouc in Moravskoslezský kraj, Moravia, in the Czech Republic.

The cathedral episcopal see is Katedrála Božského Spasitele, dedicated to the Divine Saviour, in Ostrava, and it also has

a Co-Cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Opava
a Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady in Frýdek-Místek

History

Established on May 30, 1996 as Diocese of Ostrava–Opava / Ostravien(sis)–Opavien(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Olomouc, which territory was part until 1978 of the then Diocese of Wrocław (Poland) while that comprised all Silesia.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 429,300 Catholics (32.7% of 1,314,000 total) on 6,150 km² in 276 parishes and a mission with 247 priests (188 diocesan, 59 religious), 30 deacons, 218 lay religious (76 brothers, 142 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopate

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Ostrava-Opava

František Václav Lobkowicz, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (30 May 1996 – 17 February 2022), a Prince (by birth) of the Lobkowicz family, Vice-President of Czech Bishops' Conference (2005-01 – 2010-04-21); previously Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra (1990-03-17 – 1996-05-30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Praha (Prague, Czech Republic) (1990-03-17 – 1996-05-30)
Martin David (2023-07-04 – ...); previously auxiliary bishop (2017-04-07 – 2023-07-04), Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia (2017-04-07 – 2023-07-04).