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Diocese of

Brno

Czechia Czechia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Brno / Brunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olomouc

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Sankt Pölten (↙), České Budějovice (←), Hradec Králové (↑), Olomouc (↗), Trnava (↘), Wien (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.05.26 – ...):Bishop Pavel Konzbul (57)Bishop Pavel Konzbul (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Brno (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pavel Konzbul (57)Bishop Pavel Konzbul (57)
(2022.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia)

Born:1965.10.17 (Brno-Juliánov, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:2003.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:2016.06.29

Titular Bishop of Litomyšl (2016.05.21 – 2022.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (2016.05.21 – 2022.05.26)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (2022.05.26 – ...)

Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle (76)Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle (76)
(1990.02.14 – 2022.05.26)

Bishop emeritus of Brno (Czechia)

Non ego sed tu

Born:1946.08.20 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1990.03.31

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1990.02.14 – 2022.05.26)

Bishop Karel Skoupy
(1946.04.03 – 1972.02.22)

Born:1886.12.30 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1911.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1946.06.30
Died:1972.02.22 († 85)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1946.04.03 – 1972.02.22)

Bishop Giuseppe Kupka
(1931.10.22 – 1941.06.10)

Born:1862.05.07 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1884.09.20
Died:1941.06.10 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Adraa (1924.04.10 – 1931.10.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1924.04.10 – 1931.10.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Brno (Czechia) (1926 – 1931.10.22)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1931.10.22 – 1941.06.10)

Bishop Giuseppe Kupka
(Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1931.10.22)

Bishop Norbert Johann Klein, O.T.
(1916.12.07 – 1926.01.04)

Born:1866.10.25 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1890.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1917.01.28
Died:1933.03.10 († 66)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1916.12.07 – 1926.01.04)

Grand Master of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order) (1923.04.30 – 1933.03.10)

Titular Bishop of Syene (1926.01.04 – 1933.03.10)

Bishop Pavel Huyn (later Patriarch)
(1904.05.14 – 1916.10.04)

Born:1868.02.17 (Brno, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1892.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1904.06.26
Died:1946.10.01 († 78)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1904.05.14 – 1916.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1916.10.04 – 1919.09.06)

Titular Archbishop of Sardica (1919.09.06 – 1921.06.13)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1921.06.13 – 1946.10.01)

Bishop František Salesky Bauer (later Cardinal)
(1882.07.03 – 1904.05.10)

Chci kráčet ve stopách svatého cyrila a metoděje

Born:1841.01.26 (Hrachovec, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1863.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.15
Created Cardinal:1911.11.27
Died:1915.11.25 (Olomouc, Czechia † 74)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1882.07.03 – 1904.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1904.05.10 – 1915.11.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1912.12.02 – 1915.11.25)

Bishop Karel Nöttig
(1870.08.17 – 1882)

Born:1806.11.23
Died:1882 († 76)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1870.08.17 – 1882)

Bishop Antonín Arnošt Schaffgotsche
(1842.01.27 – 1870)

Died:1870

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1842.01.27 – 1870)

Bishop Franz Anton Gindl
(1831.11.16 – 1841.01.23)

Born:1786.09.15
Ordained Priest:1809.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:1832.01.22
Died:1841.10.24 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis (1831.09.30 – 1831.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1831.09.30 – 1831.11.16)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1831.11.16 – 1841.01.23)

Bishop of Gurk (Austria) (1841.01.23 – 1841.10.24)

Bishop Wenceslas Urban von Stuffler
(1817.07.28 – 1831.05.24)

Born:1764.09.27 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1789.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:1817.09.21
Died:1831.05.24 († 66)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1817.07.28 – 1831.05.24)

Bishop Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales Graf von Schrattenbach
(1800.08.11 – 1816.05.25)

Born:1744.06.18 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1768.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1777.06.06
Died:1816.05.25 († 71)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1777.05.31 – 1790.01.29)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1795.06.26 – 1800.08.11)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) ([1800.06.04] 1800.08.11 – 1816.05.25)

Bishop Johann Baptist Lachenbauer, O. Cr.
(1787.01.29 – 1799.02.22)

Born:1741.01.31
Ordained Priest:1764.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:1787.02.22
Died:1799.02.22 († 58)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) ([1786.12.07] 1787.01.29 – 1799.02.22)

Bishop Matthias Franz Reichsgraf von Chorinsky
(1777.12.15 – 1786.10.30)

Born:1720.10.04
Ordained Priest:1743.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1769.10.16
Died:1786.10.30 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Samaria (1769.09.11 – 1777.12.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1769.09.11 – 1777.12.15)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) ([1777.05.18] 1777.12.15 – 1786.10.30)

Former Prelates

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Statistics

Area: 10,668 km²

Population: 554,100 Catholics (39.4% of 1,405,665 total) (2020)

Statistics: 450 parishes, 18 missions, 322 priests (247 diocesan, 75 religious), 44 deacons, 306 lay religious (97 brothers, 209 sisters), 8 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter and Saint Paul of Tarsus (June 29)

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