Karel Farský

Karel Farský (26 July 1880, in Škodějov, Semily District, Bohemia – 12 June 1927, in Prague) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest, and later founder and first patriarch (1920) of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.[1] 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.

Karel Farský
Born	26 July 1880 Škodějov, Semily District, Bohemia
Died	12 June 1927 Prague, Czechoslovakia

Notes

1. "Historie Církve československé v Rakovníku" ("History of the Czechoslovakian Church within Rakovnik")

References

• Nĕmec, Ludvík (1975) The Czechoslovak Heresy and Schism: the emergence of a national Czechoslovak church American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, ISBN 0-87169-651-7
• Tonzar, David (2002) Vznik a vývoj novodobé husitské teologie a Církev československá husitska Karolinum, Prague, ISBN 80-246-0499-X in Czech
• Urban, Rudolf (1973) Die tschechoslowakische hussitische Kirche J.G. Herder-Institut, Marburg/Lahn, ISBN 3-87969-103-7, in German

This article is based in part on material from the Czech Wikipedia.