Vratislav Štěpánek

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Vratislav Štěpánek
Born	(1930-06-18)18 June 1930 Vrútky, Czechoslovakia
Died	(2013-07-21)21 July 2013 Šlapanice, Czech Republic

Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky – 21 July 2013, Šlapanice) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period from 1991 to 1994 the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brno diocese of the church, a position that he kept ten years until 1999. On 16 March 1991, he was also elected to the office of patriarch for three years until 1994, therefore, holding both offices in parallel during that period. His patriarchy was during the politically and socially aggravated period of the first phase of the post-communist changes in Czechoslovakia.

He was also a Member of the Czech National Council from 1986 to 1990.