Diocese of Brno

The Diocese of Brno (Latin: Dioecesis Brunensis) is a Latin diocese located in the city of Brno in the ecclesiastical province of Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

History

• 1296: A collegiate (latter the cathedral) chapter established in Brno
• 1625: A collegiate chapter established in Mikulov
• 1777, December 5: The Diocese established from a part of the Diocese of Olomouc
• 1780s: As a consequence of the Edict on Idle Institutions (by Joseph II) some ancient monasteries and convents abolished
• 1783: Territory (substantially) extended
• 1807: A seminary established
• 1909: The first diocesan synod was held
• 1926: Bishop Norbert Klein is forced to resign in the wake of the government's policies towards the Church. Due to the difficult relations between the Vatican and Czechoslovakia the see remained vacant for more than five years.
• 1934: The second diocesan synod was held
• 1938-1945: Substantial southern part of the diocese (under the rule of Nazi Germany) administered separately by vicar general in Mikulov
• 1945-1946: German population expelled from the diocese
• 1950: The seminary abolished due to the Communist rule
• 1950-1968: Communists prevented Bishop Karel Skoupý from tenure of office
• 1972-1990: Sede vacante due to the Communist rule
• 1999: Administrative reorganisation: number of deaneries reduced from 37 to 20

Special churches

• Basilica of the Assumption in Staré Brno
• Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas in Žďár nad Sázavou
• St. Wenceslaus Collegiate Church in Mikulov

Bishops of Brno

• Mathias Franz Chorinsky von Ledske (1777–1786)
• Johann Baptist Lachenbauer, OCr (1786–1799)
• Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach (1800–1816)
• Wenzel Urban von Stuffler (1817–1831)
• Franz Anton Gindl (1831–1841)
• Anton Ernst von Schaffgotsche (1841–1870)
• Karl Nöttig (1870–1882)
• František Saleský Cardinal Bauer (1882–1904)
• Pavel Huyn (1904–1916)
• Norbert Johann Klein, OT (1916–1926)
• Josef Kupka (1931–1941)
• Karel Skoupý (1946–1972)
• Vojtěch Cikrle (1990-2022)
• Pavel Konzbul (since 2022)

Saints connected with the diocese

• St. Peter and Paul, patron saints of the diocese
• St. Zdislava, born 1220s in Křižanov
• St. Clement Hofbauer, born 1751 in Tasovice
• Blessed Maria Restituta, born 1894 in Husovice (now part of Brno)
• Jan Bula, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his beatification since 2004.^[1]