Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm
Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm
Dioecesis Holmiensis
Stockholms Katolska Stift
Location
Country Sweden
Coordinates 59°18′50″N 18°04′21″E / 59.31389°N 18.0725°E / 59.31389; 18.0725Coordinates: 59°18′50″N 18°04′21″E / 59.31389°N 18.0725°E / 59.31389; 18.0725
Statistics
Congregations 43[1]
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Established 1953[1]
Cathedral Saint Eric's Cathedral
Secular priests 158[1]
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop Anders Arborelius
Website
www.katolskakyrkan.se/1/1.0.1.0/107/2/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm (Latin: Dioecesis Holmiensis; Swedish: Stockholms Katolska Stift) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sweden; its seat is Stockholm. It is the only Roman Catholic diocese established in Sweden since the Protestant Reformation. Originally erected on 23 September 1783, as an apostolic vicariate within the Archdiocese of Paderborn, it became a separate diocese on 29 June 1953. The diocese includes 42 parishes and covers the entire country of Sweden.

List of ordinaries

  1. Nicolaus Oster (1783–1790)
  2. Rafael d´Ossery (1790–1795)
  3. Paolo Moretti (1795–1804)
  4. Jean Baptiste Gridaine (1805–1833)
  5. Jacob Laurentius Studach (1833–1873)
  6. Johan Georg Huber (1874–1886)
  7. Albert Bitter (1886–1922)
  8. Johannes Erik Müller (1923–1957)
  9. Ansgar Nelson (1957–1962)
  10. John E. Taylor (1962–1976)
  11. Hubertus Brandenburg (1978–1998)
  12. Anders Arborelius (1998–present)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Stockholms Katolska Stift". Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm. http://www.katolskakyrkan.se/1/1.0.1.0/24/1/. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 

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