It has an area of 12,000 sq km with 1,500,000 inhabitants. It has 955 churches with 449 parishes, served by 268 diocesan priests and 83 regulars, 32 male religious houses and 49 female; 2 male religious institutes and 2 female; 27 charitable and welfare institutes and one seminary (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 250). The diocese is a suffragan of Prague.
The first Christian building, constructed at L. in 925, was dedicated to St. Wenceslaus; in 1057 the collegiate church of St. Stephen was built. Subsequently numerous monasteries were added. The diocese was ravaged by the struggles of the Hussites and the Protestants. Pope Alexander VII on 3 July 1655 created the episcopal see of L.; its first bishop was M. Rodolfo von Schleinitz (1555-75), who organized the diocese and built the new Cathedral, still dedicated to the Protestant [faith], completed by his successor J. F. J. von Sternberg (1676-1709). Other bishops were: R. von Schulstein (1790-1801) who built schools and educational institutes; V. E. Milde (1823-32) who became archbishop of Vienna; A. L. Frind (1879-81) who wrote the ecclesiastical history of Bohemia in 4 vols. (Die Kirchengesch. Böhmens im allgemeinen und in ihrer besonderen Beziehung auf die jetzige Leitmeritzer Diöcese, Prague 1864-1878) and bishop E. J. Schobel (1882-1909) who erected other churches.
Bibliography3 worksJ. Lins, Leitmeritz, in Cath. Enc., IX, pp. 141-42; J. Schlenz, Geschichte des Bistums und der Diözese Leitmeritz, I, Warnsdorf 1912; II, iv
BIBL.: J. Lins, Leitmeritz, in Cath. Enc., IX, pp. 141-42; J. Schlenz, Geschichte des Bistums und der Diözese Leitmeritz, I, Warnsdorf 1912; II, ivi 1914.
Josi, Enrico. “Litomérice, leitmeritz, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1424–1425. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/litomerice-leitmeritz-diocesi-di.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Litomérice, leitmeritz, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1424–1425. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/litomerice-leitmeritz-diocesi-di.
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author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Litomérice, leitmeritz, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1424--1425},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/litomerice-leitmeritz-diocesi-di}
}
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