Jan Blaha
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Jan Blaha (12 March 1938 in Brno – 13 December 2012 in Brno) was a Czech clandestine Roman Catholic bishop. After the Velvet Revolution he no longer ministered as a bishop.
ChurchCatholic Church
Ordination12 July 1967
by Josef Stimpfle
by Josef Stimpfle
Consecration28 October 1967
by Peter Dubovský
by Peter Dubovský
Born12 March 1938
Jan Blaha | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 July 1967 by Josef Stimpfle |
| Consecration | 28 October 1967 by Peter Dubovský |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1938 |
| Died | 13 December 2012 (aged 74) Brno, Czech Republic |
| Styles of Jan Blaha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Ordained to the priesthood on 12 July 1967, Blaha was secretly ordained a bishop on 28 October 1967 because of the Communist Government of Czechoslovakia and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church by the government.[1][2] He secretly ordained as a bishop Felix Maria Davídek, who was his teacher in the clandestine Church.
