[2] He graduated in 1977 and was ordained to the priesthood 26 June 1977 by Josef Vrana as a priest for the Diocese of Brno.

After two years, at the request of the then state administration, Posád was transferred to the border parish Drnholec.

[2] After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Posád became a parish priest at St. Thomas in Brno.

[2] On 24 December 2003, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Posád the seat of bishop of the diocese of Litoměřice.

[1] He received the episcopal consecration at the hands of Cardinal Miloslav Vlk at the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Litoměřice on 28 February 2004.