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Karel Otčenášek (13 April 1920 – 23 May 2011) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Otčenášek was born in České Meziříčí Czech Republic and was ordained a priest on 17 March 1945. He was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Hradec Králové on 30 March 1950 and was ordained bishop on 30 April 1950. From 1951 to 1962 he was imprisoned for being ordained without the consent of the government which was legally required during the communist rule of the Czechoslovakia.