The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno ( la, Brun(ensis)) is a
diocese 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
ecclesiastical province of
Olomouc in the
Czech Republic.
History
* 1296: A collegiate (latter the cathedral)
chapter established in
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 ...
* 1625: A collegiate chapter established in
Mikulov
* 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
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
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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
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 (''Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie'') in
Staré Brno
Staré ( hu, Sztára) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 107 metre ...
*
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas ( cs, Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie a svatého Mikuláše) is a church in Žďár nad Sázavou in the Czech Republic. Since its foundation it has been part of the Cistercian m ...
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
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
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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 (1904–1916)
*
Norbert Johann Klein,
OT (1916–1926)
*
Josef Kupka Josef may refer to
*Josef (given name)
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* 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 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
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 ...
)
*
Jan Bula
Jan Bula (24 July 1920 Lukov (Třebíč District), Lukov – 20 May 1952 Jihlava) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest and victim of the Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Communism, Communist regime.
He was sentenced to death in one of the show trials ...
, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his
beatification since 2004.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic
References
* ''Katalog brněnské diecéze. Neproměnná část''. Brno 2007.
GCatholic.orgDiocese website
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Roman Catholic dioceses in the Czech Republic
Religious organizations established in 1777
Dioceses established in the 18th century
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1777 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
1777 establishments in the Habsburg Monarchy
18th-century establishments in Bohemia