PROBLEMATIKA JMENOVÁNÍ A POSTAVENÍ BISKUPŮ NĚMECKÉ NÁRODNOSTI V ČESKÝCH DIECÉZÍCH POHLEDEM SVATÉHO STOLCE
THE ISSUE OF THE APPOINTMENT AND POSITION OF GERMAN ORIGIN BISHOPS IN CZECH DIOCESES AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC FROM THE VIEW OF THE HOLY SEE

Summary/Abstract: An the time of the Habsburg Monarchy, the government in Vienna had a preference for candidates of German nationality for the Archbishop‘s sees. The situation changed significantly after the year 1918. It was acknowledged by the Holy See that believers of German origin had become a minority in Czech dioceses. They were not an insignificant minority, however, and consequently the Holy See continued to appoint German bishops as well. There was a German suffragan bishop in Prague, and a residential bishop of German nationality in the Diocese of Litomerice. In both cases, acceptance on the part of Czech believers (and government) was an important aspect in the process of choosing the German bishop. While in the Prague archdiocese, it proved appropriate to appoint a German auxiliary bishop (Remiger) for specifically the German believers, in Litoměřice, the appointed German bishop Weber demonstrated that due to his popularity and language skills, the issue of appointing an Auxiliary Bishop of Czech nationality was irrelevant.

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