Jan Vokál

Jan Vokal (born 25 September 1958) is the current Bishop of Hradec Králové since his installation on 14 May 2011.

In 1983 he was admitted to the College of Saint John Nepomuk in Rome and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Lateran University.

From 1992 to 2005 he was personal secretary of Cardinal Corrado Bafile, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

In 2005 he was appointed a coadjutor canon of the Chapter of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

He was appointed to Hradec Králové by Pope Benedict XVI on 3 March 2011,[1] consecrated a bishop on 7 May, and installed on 14 May.