Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

Diocese of Brno

*Dioecesis Brunensis*

Diecéze Brno
Diocese of Brno; Dioecesis Brunensis; Diecéze Brno
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Olomouc
Statistics
Area	10,597 km2 (4,092 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2020); 1,400,000; 551,900 (39.4%)
Parishes	451
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul; (Katedrála sv. Petra a Pavla)
Patron saint	Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vojtěch Cikrle
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jan Graubner
Map
Website
	Website of the Diocese

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
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

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)

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]