Pavel Posád

Priestly ministry

He held the priesthood for three years as a chaplain first in Pozořice, then in Brno. In 1980 he worked as a pastor in Ratíškovice. After two years, at the request of the then state administration, Posád was transferred to the border parish Drnholec. In 1989 he was appointed the spiritual administrator in Třešť.

After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Posád became a parish priest at St. Thomas in Brno. After three years, he was appointed a spiritual priest of the Archbishop's Priest Seminary in Olomouc. In addition to the education of theologians, he devoted himself to the permanent formation of priests and permanent deacons of the Brno diocese. He was a member of the priesthood council for eleven years. He is a member of the committee of the Czech Bishops' Conference for the Priesthood.

Ordination as bishop

On 24 December 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Posád the seat of bishop of the diocese of Litoměřice. He received the episcopal consecration at the hands of Cardinal Miloslav Vlk at the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Litoměřice on 28 February 2004. The Josef Koukl, served as the co-consecratos. On 26 January 2008 Posád was appointed as auxiliary bishop to diocese of České Budějovice.