Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova (in German: William Prusinowsky von Wiczkov) (1534 – June 16,émPrusinovskýzVí 1572) was a bishop of Olomouc in 1565–1572. He started his office in the times of Catholic-Protestant controversy and followed the policy of the Council of Trent. He forced the Utraquists to accept his authority. He invited Jesuits to Olomouc and a year after his death, in 1573, his plan of promotion of the Olomouc school to Jesuit Academy was realized and the second oldest university in the Czech lands was established. It is possible he was poisoned by Jan Philopon Dambrovský.

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1534 births

1572 deaths

Roman Catholic bishops of Olomouc

16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire

Victims of serial killers

Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova