Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

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

  Special churches

• Basilica of the Assumption in Staré Brno
• St. Wenceslas Collegiate Church in Mikulov

  Bishops of Brno

• Mathias Franz Chorinsky von Ledske
• Johann Baptist Lachenbauer, OCr
• Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach
• Wenzel Urban von Stuffler
• Franz Anton Gindl
• Anton Ernst von Schaffgotsche
• Karl Nöttig
• František Saleský Cardinal Bauer
• Pavel Huyn
• Norbert Johann Klein, OT
• Josef Kupka
• Karel Skoupý
• Vojtěch Cikrle

  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
• Jan Bula, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his beatification since 2004.