Jan Graubner

Jan Graubner (born 29 August 1948) is a Czech prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Prague since July 2022.

He graduated from high school in Strážnice in 1967 and then became an engineering worker in Považská Bystrica, then called Gottwald.

[2] In 2008, he received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk from former President Václav Klaus for outstanding merits in the development of democracy and human rights.

[4] In 2000, a student at Palacký University of Olomouc Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology filed criminal charges against both Graubner and one of his priests, František Merta.

[6] A civil court found Merta guilty and he received a suspended sentence of two years in prison.