Karel Farský
Karel Farský (26 July 1880 – 12 June 1927) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch (1920) of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. He was Bishop of the West Bohemia (Prague) Diocese of the Czechoslovak Church from 1923 when he became the first patriarch of the church keeping both titles of patriarch and bishop until his death in 1927. He was succeeded by Gustav Adolf Procházka who took office in 1928.
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Album representantů všech oborů veřejného života Česko-Slovenského, hlavní redaktor prof. Fr. Sekanina, vydalo Umělecké nakladatelství Josef Zeibrdlich, Praha I., Bílkova 17, 1927 · Public domain
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- Karel Farský
- Born
- 26 July 1880
- Birthplace
- Škodějov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 12 June 1927
- Place of death
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
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- Karel Farský is recorded with the occupation writer.
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Karel Farský (26 July 1880 – 12 June 1927) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch (1920) of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. He was Bishop of the West Bohemia (Prague) Diocese of the Czechoslovak Church from 1923 when he became the first patriarch of the church keeping both titles of patriarch and bishop until his death in 1927. He was succeeded by Gustav Adolf Procházka who took office in 1928.
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• Name — Karel Farský • Born — 26 July 1880 • Birthplace — Škodějov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 12 June 1927 • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia
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- 1."Historie Církve československé v Rakovníku" ("History of the Czechoslovak Church within Rakovník")
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- Nĕmec, Ludvík (1975) The Czechoslovak Heresy and Schism: the emergence of a national Czechoslovak church American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia,
- Tonzar, David (2002) Vznik a vývoj novodobé husitské teologie a Církev československá husitska Karolinum, Prague, in Czech
- Urban, Rudolf (1973) Die tschechoslowakische hussitische Kirche J.G. Herder-Institut, Marburg/Lahn, , in German
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