Karel Kašpar
Also recorded as Karel Kaspar
Karel Kašpar

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- Name
- Karel Boromejský Kašpar
- Born
- 16 May 1870
- Birthplace
- Mirošov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 21 April 1941
- Place of death
- Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia.
- Occupation
- writer, catholic priest, historian, jurist, teacher, theologian, translator and catholic bishop.
- Fields
- religious literature and translating activity.
- Education
- Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University.
- Languages
- Czech and German.
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Biography
Biography
Karel Kašpar studied at Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University. The recorded working language is Czech and German. The field of work recorded is religious literature and translating activity. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague, Rome and Hradec Králové. Positions recorded include cardinal and Roman Catholic Bishop of Hradec Králové.
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• Type — Cardinal • Honorific Prefix — His Eminence • Name — Karel Boromejský Kašpar • Title — Cardinal, Archbishop of Prague • Church — Roman Catholic • Archdiocese — Prague • Term Start — 1931 • Term End — 1941 • Predecessor — František Kordač • Successor — Josef Beran • Other Post — Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio • Ordination — 25 February 1893 • Consecration — 11 April 1920 • Cardinal — 16 December 1935 • Created Cardinal By — Pius XI • Rank — Cardinal • Born — 16 May 1870 • Birthplace — Mirošov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 21 April 1941 • Place of death — Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia • Buried — St. Vitus Cathedral Prague • Previous Post — Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové (1920-1921) Bishop of Hradec Králové (1921-1931)
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• Cardinal Name — Karel Kašpar • Dipstyle — His Eminence • Offstyle — Your Eminence • See — Prague Karel Boromejský Kašpar (16 May 1870 – 21 April 1941) was a Czech Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.
Biography
Biography
Born in Mirošov, Karel Kašpar attended the seminary in Plzeň and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 February 1893, and then did pastoral work in Svojšín until 1895. He returned to Rome in 1896 where he lived at the priest college Santa Maria dell' Anima. In 1899, he began pastoral work in Prague and was made a canon of its cathedral chapter. On 8 March 1920 Kašpar was appointed Titular Bishop of Bethsaida and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 11 April from Archbishop František Kordač. Kašpar was later named Bishop of Hradec Králové on 13 June 1921 and Archbishop of Prague on 22 October 1931. As Prague's archbishop, he was also Primate of the Church in Czechoslovakia. Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio in the consistory of 16 December 1935. On the occasion of the visit of King Carol II of Romania to Prague in 1936, Kašpar allowed his flock to eat meat on one Friday. The Czech primate was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII. Kašpar died in Prague, at age 70. He is buried in St. Vitus Cathedral.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Karel Kašpar worked in religious literature and translating activity. Recorded positions include cardinal, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hradec Králové, titular bishop, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague and auxiliary bishop. He worked at Prague, Rome and Hradec Králové. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Karel Kaspar. His recorded languages were Czech and German. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.
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1870
Karel Kašpar born at Mirošov.
1941
Karel Kašpar died at Prague.
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