Jan Vokál

Czech Roman Catholic bishop

His Excellency Jan Vokál
Bishop, Diocese of Hradec Králové
Vokál in 2011
Church	Roman Catholic
Province	Bohemian
Metropolis	Prague
Diocese	Hradec Králové
Installed	2011
Predecessor	Dominik Duka
Orders
Ordination	28 May 1989
Consecration	7 May 2011
Personal details
Born	(1958-09-25) 25 September 1958 (age 65) Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia (Present day Czech Republic)
Nationality	Czech
Motto	Sub tuum præsidium
Coat of arms

Styles of Jan Vokál

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Jan Vokal (born 25 September 1958) is the current Bishop of Hradec Králové since his installation on 14 May 2011. He had previously served as an official in the Secretariat of State.

Vokál was born in 1958 at Hlinsko (Pardubice Region). He earned a degree in Engineering Cybernetics at the Technical University in Prague. In 1983 he was admitted to the College of Saint John Nepomuk in Rome and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Lateran University.

He was ordained a priest 28 May 1989 for the diocese of Hradec Králové. He continued his education in the United States at St. Thomas University and worked as assistant priest in the Diocese of Peoria, in the United States. In 1991 he began his service at the Secretariat of State (Section for General Affairs). From 1992 to 2005 he was personal secretary of Cardinal Corrado Bafile, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

In 2008 he obtained a doctorate in utroque iure, i.e. in both civil and canon law, from the Pontifical Lateran University and in the following year a doctorate in civil law at the Charles University in Prague. 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.