Štěpán Trochta
Catholic cardinal
Died when: 69 years 11 days (828 months)Star Sign: Aries
Štepán Trochta (Czech pronunciation: ['?c?pa?n 'troxta]; 26 March 1905, Francova Lhota – 6 April 1974, Litomerice) was a Czech Roman Catholic cardinal in the former Czechoslovakia who served as the Bishop of Litomerice from 1947 until his death and was a professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco.
Trochta was considered a staunch defender of ecclesial rights and privileges in Czechoslovakia which the communist regime had sought to limit and suppress;
Pope Paul VI (who made Trochta a cardinal) labelled Trochta after his death as a "defender of the faith" due to his commitment in standing up for Church rights and beliefs.
He was a prisoner of war during World War II and for the decades after was stopped from performing his ecclesial duties until the end of his life when he was permitted to do so.
His cause for sainthood had been planned in his old diocese but plans to do so collapsed and it has been scrapped.
There are still local initiatives to commence the process.
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