Vratislav Štěpánek
Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky, Martin District, Czechoslovakia - 21 July 2013, Šlapanice, Czech Republic) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period of three years from 1991 to 1994, the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.
Vratislav Štěpánek | |
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| Born | 18 June 1930 |
| Died | 21 July 2013 |
In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brno diocese of the church, a position that he kept ten years until 1999. On March 16, 1991, he was also elected to the office of patriarch for three years until 1994, therefore, holding both offices in parallel during that period. His patriarchy was during the politically and socially aggravated period of the first phase of the post-communist changes in Czechoslovakia.
He was also a Member of the Czech National Council from 1986 to 1990.
| Preceded by Miroslav Novák |
Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church 1991–1994 |
Succeeded by Josef Špak |
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