Stanislav Přibyl (born 16 November 1971 in Prague) is a Czech Roman Catholic cleric and member of the Redemptorist congregation. Since 25 April 2026 he has been Archbishop of Prague; previously he was the 21st Bishop of Litoměřice.[1] He is the 38th bishop and 25th archbishop of Prague in the history of the diocese, and the office carries the title of Primate of Bohemia.[3]*
Education and priestly ministry
He graduated from a secondary technical school of surveying. In 1990–1991 he completed his novitiate in Lubaszowa, Poland, and took religious vows with the Redemptorists.[1] From 1991 to 1996 he studied at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University and at the Archdiocesan Seminary in Prague.[1] He was ordained a priest in 1996 and then served at Svatá Hora near Příbram as parochial vicar (1996–1999) and parish priest (1999–2008).[1] From 2002 to 2011 he was provincial of the Prague province of the Redemptorists, and from 2004 to 2008 president of the Archdiocesan Caritas Prague.[1]
At the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University he obtained a licentiate in 2012 and a doctorate in theology in 2014.[1] In 2019 he completed studies in finance and management at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.[1] In 2025 he received a doctorate in art history from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University for a thesis on the third Archbishop of Prague, Jan of Jenštejn.[1][3] He also teaches at the Catholic Theological Faculty.[4]
Litoměřice and the ČBK
From 2009 to 2016 he was vicar general of the Diocese of Litoměřice. From 1 October 2016 to 31 July 2024 he headed the secretariat of the Czech Bishops' Conference (ČBK) as general secretary and was its spokesman.[1] Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Litoměřice on 23 December 2023. At that time he was also administrator of the pilgrimage site of Horní Police.[2] He received episcopal consecration on 2 March 2024 in St Stephen's Cathedral in Litoměřice from the Archbishop of Prague Jan Graubner, with Jan Baxant and Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke of Eichstätt as co-consecrators.[1] The Diocese of Litoměřice, covering the Ústí nad Labem Region and adjacent areas, was founded in 1655; according to the ČBK it had an area of 9,393 km² and 384 parishes in 2023.[2]
Archbishop of Prague
His appointment as Archbishop of Prague was announced by the Vatican on 2 February 2026. Pope Leo XIV appointed him as successor to Jan Graubner.[3][4] Přibyl kept his episcopal motto "Pax vobis" (Peace be with you).[4] He was installed on 25 April 2026 during a service in St Vitus Cathedral, where Graubner handed him the pastoral staff. At the end of the service he appointed Josef Ptáček vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague.[5] In the Czech Bishops' Conference he is vice-president and chairs the Commission for the Prevention of and Protection against Abuse.[1]
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- Česká biskupská konference (ČBK)
- Česká biskupská konference (ČBK) — 23 December 2023
- ČTK (České noviny) — 2 February 2026
- ČT24 — 2 February 2026
- Církev.cz — 25 April 2026