Diocese of Brno
The Diocese of Brno is a Latin diocese located in the city of Brno in the ecclesiastical province of Olomouc in the Czech Republic.
History
- 1296: A collegiate 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 some ancient monasteries and convents abolished
- 1783: Territory extended
- 1807: A seminary established
- 1909: The first diocesan synod was held
- 1934: The second diocesan synod was held
- 1938-1945: Substantial southern part of the diocese 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
- Johann Baptist Lachenbauer, OCr
- Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach
- Wenzel Urban von Stuffler
- Franz Anton Gindl
- Anton Ernst von Schaffgotsche
- Karl Nöttig
- František Saleský Cardinal Bauer
- Pavel Huyn
- Norbert Johann Klein, OT
- Josef Kupka
- Karel Skoupý
- Vojtěch Cikrle
- Pavel Konzbul
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
- Jan Bula, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his beatification since 2004.