The ČeskýTěšíApostolic 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).

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín

Ordinaries

(both Roman Rite)

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín

Apostolic Administrators of Český Těšín

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

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín

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

Apostolic administrations

Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Europe

Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses