Josef Špak

Josef Špak
Born(1929-07-10)10 July 1929
Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia
Died(2016-09-12)12 September 2016
Prague, Czech Republic

Josef Špak (10 July 1929 – 12 September 2016) was a Czech clergyman, and from 1994 to 2001, the sixth bishop-patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

He was born in Litomyšl and baptised into the Catholic Church; he later studied theology at the Hus Czechoslovak Evangelical Theological Faculty.[1] While studying there, he met his future wife Tonička, and they married in 1953.[1]

The StB kept a file on him from 1974 to 1989 and for a time he was unable to carry out his pastoral work. He served in the parish of České Budějovice while also working in a foundry.[2]

After Tonička’s death in 1989, he married Hussite pastor Jana Švábenská.[1]

He was elected on 27 August 1994 as patriarch, a position he kept until 2001 to be succeeded by Jan Schwarz.

He is buried at the Church of St. Vitus. Nicholas on the Old Town Square in Prague.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mgr. Josef Špak * 1929 †︎ 2016". Pamet Naroda. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Remembering Patriarch Josef Špak". Hussite Church of Czechoslovakia. September 19, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
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