Diocese of Brno

• 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 (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==