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Legal Situation in the Diocese of Litoměřice from 1989 to 2010
Přibyl, Stanislav ; Hrdina, Antonín (advisor) ; Přibyl, Stanislav (referee) ; Plavec, Karel (referee)
The first part of the doctoral thesis approaches its topic from the historical point of view: firstly, it summarises the history of the Diocese of Litoměřice from the erection of the Chapter of Canons in 1057; secondly, it briefly describes the history of the Diocese from its foundation in 1655 to 1989; thirdly, the events from 1989 to 2010 are discussed in detail, i.e. the episcopacy of Msgr. Josef Koukl after 15 years of vacant see in the context of the reconstruction of the Diocese after the fall of the communist regime, the situation in the Diocese during the episcopacy of Bishop Pavel Posád, the following period when the Diocese was administered by Dominik Duka and finally the time after Bishop Jan Baxant took canonical possession. The second part of the doctoral thesis is divided into six chapters and approaches the chosen period thematically according to the branches of the Canon Law. It tackles the governance of the Diocese, personnel and territorial-administrative matters, the exercise of the legislative, administrative and judicial power within the establishment and application of the Canon Law from 1990 to 2010. The thesis investigates activities of the Diocesan Bishops, of the Vicars General and Episcopal Vicars and of the Diocesan Curia; it deals with the exercise of the judicial power...
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The Office of the Vicar General
Přibyl, Stanislav ; Hrdina, Antonín (referee) ; Plavec, Karel (referee)
The initial part of the thesis deals with the term of the ecclesiastical office in general. An ecclesiastical office is any function constituted in a stable manner by divine or ecclesiastical ordinance to be exercised for a spiritual purpose. An ecclesiastical office is conferred to a suitable person with canonical provision. An office might be lost due to natural causes, due to the will of its holder or due to the will of the competent authority. The following parts of the thesis deal with its proper topic, i.e. the office of the vicar general. Firstly, a brief history of this office is mentioned: the origins of the office of the vicar general go back to the administrative organisation of the Roman Empire, and the office itself was developed in the Middle Ages after the papal seat had been removed to Avignon. There is also a reference to vicars general in the Czech history and to the probably most famous holder of this office, to St John of Nepomuk. Secondly, the qualities of the office of the vicar general are analysed, i.e. the nature of the power, its exclusivity and uniqueness in the diocese, its relation to the diocesan bishop and to other authorities of the diocese and competences of the vicar general. Finally, the thesis deals with limits related to the office of the vicar general and with...
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