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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

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Parishes
  
449

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Czech Republic

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Jan Graubner

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
10,597 km²

Bishop
  
Vojtěch Cikrle

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)1,360,000535,500 (39.4%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, Brno

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc

Patron saints
  
Saint Peter, Paul the Apostle

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.

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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)
  • Karl Nöttig (1870–1882)
  • František Saleský Cardinal Bauer (1882–1904)
  • Paul von 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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno Wikipedia
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