The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno ( la, Brun(ensis)) is a

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located in the city of

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

in the

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Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

in the

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History

* 1296: A collegiate (latter the cathedral) chapter established in

* 1625: A collegiate chapter established in

Mikulov Mikulov (; german: Nikolsburg; yi, ניקאלשבורג, ''Nikolshburg'') is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Mikulov is well preserved and i ...

* 1777, December 5: The Diocese established from a part of the

Diocese of Olomouc The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc ( cs, Arcidiecéze olomoucká, la, Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. It has its seat in Olomouc. Special churches ...

* 1780s: As a consequence of the

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(by

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) some ancient monasteries and convents abolished * 1783: Territory (substantially) extended * 1807: A

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established * 1909: The first diocesan

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was held * 1934: The second diocesan synod was held * 1938-1945: Substantial southern part of the diocese (under the rule of

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) administered separately by vicar general in

* 1945-1946: German population expelled from the diocese * 1950: The seminary abolished due to the

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* 1950-1968: Communists prevented Bishop Karel Skoupý from tenure of office * 1972-1990: ''

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'' due to the

* 1999: Administrative reorganisation: number of

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reduced from 37 to 20

Special churches

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of the Assumption (''Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie'') in Staré Brno * Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas in

Žďár nad Sázavou Žďár nad Sázavou (; german: Saar) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated on a major rail link between Prague and Brno. The town both industrial and tourist centre. It is known f ...

* St. Wenceslas Collegiate Church in

Bishops of Brno

Mathias Franz Chorinsky von Ledske cz, Matyáš František hrabě Chorinský svobodný pán z Ledské , noble family = House of Chorinsky (Chorinský)House of Ledske (Ledská) , house-type = Dynasty , father = Franz Karl Baron of Chorinsky and Led ...

(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 Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

Bauer (1882–1904) *

Pavel Huyn Pavel hrabě Huyn (german: Paul Graf Huyn) (17 February 1868 in Brno – 1 October 1946 in Bolzano) was a Moravian-German Roman Catholic clergyman. He was bishop of Brno from 1904 to 1916 and archbishop of Prague The following is a list of bi ...

(1904–1916) * Norbert Johann Klein, OT (1916–1926) *

Josef Kupka Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

(1931–1941) * Karel Skoupý (1946–1972) * Vojtěch Cikrle (since 1990)

Saints connected with the diocese

* St.

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

and

Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, 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

) * Jan Bula, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his

beatification Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...

since 2004.

References

* ''Katalog brněnské diecéze. Neproměnná část''. Brno 2007.
GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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History

Special churches

Bishops of Brno

Saints connected with the diocese

See also

References