Two of his siblings have also joined consecrated life, his brother Pavel is a Catholic priest and his sister Marie is a nun.

[2] He graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Surveying in Prague and later from the Cyril and Methodius Theological Faculty in Litoměřice.

[1] He received the episcopal consecration at the hands of Cardinal Miloslav Vlk at the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Litoměřice on 22 November 2008.

The Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic, Diego Causero, and the Bishop of České Budějovice, Jiří Paďour O.F.M.

[6] On 25 April 2009 Baxant celebrated the Tridentine Mass while attending a pilgrimage to honor St. Vojtech in Litoměřice District.