Felix Maria Davídek

Felix Maria Davídek ( born January 21, 1921 in Chrlice, now Brno, Czechoslovakia; † 18 August 1988) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Czech underground church during the communist regime.

Life

On 29 June 1945 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Brno. In the wake of the suppression of the Catholic Church after the communist coup of 1948, he was from 1950 to 1964 in prison.

On October 29, 1967 he was ordained by Bishop Jan Blaha secretly bishop. Since communication with the Roman church leadership due to the political situation to significant restrictions was possible, some of his actions are still controversial. This is especially true for the ordination of his Vicar-General Ludmila Javorová. Since the church leadership holds the ordination of women to date impossible, just has this action, as it became known after the collapse of the communist regime, aroused strong interest for Davídek.

Episcopal ordinations

Out of concern for the future of the Church in Czechoslovakia consecrated Felix Maria Davídek priest " of both rites " as bishops. Since he could obtain no consecration behalf of the Holy See, he relied on the order of Pius XII. , Who in 1949 invited the bishops of the communist countries, to consecrate Bishop precaution possible successor in the event of their arrest. The crushing of the Prague Spring and the subsequent repression did her rest.

  • Ján Eugen Kočiš (3 December 1967) nachgeweiht on 15 May 2004 by Bishop Djoura Džudžar
  • Ivan Ljavinec ( 23-24 March 1968) nachgeweiht on March 30, 1996, by Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn
  • Jirí January Pojer (22 August 1968)
  • Stanislav Krátký (27 August 1968)
  • Josef Dvorák ( August 1968 )
  • Dobroslav M. Kabelka, OPraem ( August 1968 )
  • Martin Hrbca (28 November 1970)
  • Josef Blahnik (1970 )
  • Jindrich Pesek (August 15, 1971)
  • Oskar Formánek, SI ( August 1972 )
  • Marián potas, OSBM ( August 1972 )
  • Jirí Krpálek (2 March 1973)
  • Siard Ivan Klement, OPraem (15 March 1973)
  • Václav Razik (December 1978)
  • Dušan Spiridon Spiner (6 October 1979)
  • Josef Hinterhölzl (4 December 1984)
  • Karel Chytil (18 December 1987)

Of the 17 consecrated bishops were recognized 2 of Rome and nachgeweiht.

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