Diocese of 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	Leo XIV
Bishop	Vojtěch Cikrle
Metropolitan Archbishop	Josef Nuzík
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

St. Peter and Paul Cathedral

Staré Brno Basilica (part of the St. Thomas Abbey)

Mikulov – seat of the collegiate chapter since the 17th century

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
• 1926: Bishop Norbert Klein is forced to resign in the wake of the government's policies towards the Church. Due to the difficult relations between the Vatican and Czechoslovakia the see remained vacant for more than five years.
• 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 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 (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)

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)
• Jan Bula, 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.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website
• (EN) Schedule of Masses in foreign languages