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

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 (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)
• Jan Bula, a Catholic priest executed by the Communist regime in 1952. The Diocese has been processing his beatification since 2004.^[1]