Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

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Diocese of Brno

Dioecesis Brunensis

Diecéze Brno
Brnianska diecéza.svg
Location
Country Czech Republic
Ecclesiastical provinceOlomouc
Statistics
Area10,597 km2 (4,092 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2015)
Increase1,387,000
Increase546,000 (Steady 39.4%)
Parishes451
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Peter and St Paul
(Katedrála sv. Petra a Pavla)
Patron saintSaint Peter and Saint Paul
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVojtěch Cikrle
Metropolitan ArchbishopJan Graubner
Map
Rep Ceca - Diocesi di Brno.png
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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno (Latin: Brun(ensis)) is a 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 (Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie) in Staré Brno
  • 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)
  • (1870–1882)
  • František Saleský Cardinal Bauer (1882–1904)
  • Pavel Huyn (1904–1916)
  • Norbert Johann Klein, OT (1916–1926)
  • (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]

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic

References[]

  1. ^ "Beatification candidates III: Diocese of Brno - Církev.cz". Retrieved 2017-07-11.

Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 16°36′00″E / 49.2000°N 16.6000°E / 49.2000; 16.6000

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