Římskokatolická farnost – děkanství Kadaň, Catholic parish in Kadaň, Czech Republic.
The Catholic parish of Kadaň is a religious community under the Diocese of Litoměřice in northern Bohemia. It provides regular services and pastoral care for the Catholic population in the town and surrounding area.
The deanery is an old foundation whose founding date is unknown; its parish registers have been kept since 1558. From the 1950s until 31 December 2012 it headed the Kadaň parish district, administering sixteen surrounding parishes. On 1 January 2013 it affiliated ten of them, while Mašťov became independent.
The parish's Latin name, Caadana, appears in its historical records, and its registers have been kept since 1558. The deanery church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Mírové náměstí is the parish centre, and the deanery long served as the spiritual hub of a district of surrounding parishes.
The parish is administered within the Krušnohorský vicariate, one of ten vicariates of the Diocese of Litoměřice. Its centre, the deanery church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, stands on Mírové náměstí in Kadaň. The parish registers, kept since 1558, are the starting point for genealogical enquiries.
The parish registers have been kept since 1558, though the deanery's founding date is unknown. From the 1950s until 31 December 2012 the deanery headed the Kadaň parish district, administering sixteen surrounding parishes; from 1 January 2013 it affiliated ten of them, while Mašťov became independent.
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