Josef Hlouch
Czech bishop of České Budějovice, kept in isolation by the communist regime
Who they were
The ninth bishop of České Budějovice, held in internment and away from his diocese for years under the Czechoslovak communist regime.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Czech bishops' news service records that the beatification process was begun in 2015 and officially approved by the Holy See in March 2018, and calls him Servant of God.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.