Diocese of Brno

[Image:View to Petrov from Nové Sady street.jpg|thumb|right|St. Peter and Paul Cathedral]
Image:Bazilika nanebevzetí [panny Marie.jpg|thumb|right|Staré Brno Basilica (part of the St. Thomas Abbey)]
Image:Město Mikulov.jpeg|thumb|right|Mikulov – seat of the collegiate chapter since the 17th century
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

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.