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Diocese of Stockholm

Dioecesis Holmiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., Cardinal, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 29 June 1953
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Sweden
  • Square Kilometers: 450,295 (173,926 Square Miles)
  • Description: The entire country
  • Official Web Site: https://www.katolskakyrkan.se
  • Mailing Address: Katolska Biskopsambetet, Gotgatan 68, P.O. Box 4114, S-102 62 Stockholm, Sverige
  • Telephone: (08)462.66.02
  • Fax: 702.05.55

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Sweden
1781ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions Prefecture Apostolic of Sweden (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
23 September 1783ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Sweden Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
3 December 1855Territory LostDiocese of Newfoundland
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
Prefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole (erected)
7 August 1868Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole (suppressed)
Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown) (erected)
Diocese of Stockholm
29 June 1953ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Sweden Diocese of Stockholm

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
194914,2726,500,000.2%2421453172613511ap1951
Diocese of Stockholm
196949,4717,843,088.6%1169806187620523ap1971
198091,8568,304,0401.1%3168999277623530ap1981
1990140,1208,526,2631.6%50601101,273117424437ap1991
1999163,2218,854,3221.8%64671311,245158323638ap2000
2000158,0888,861,4261.8%67671341,179158923040ap2001
200192,2918,884,1931.0%7076146632169823640ap2002
2002144,0438,909,1281.6%6976145993149722540ap2003
2003144,0009,840,7881.5%71781499662110222240ap2004
2004144,0008,977,4181.6%7378151953239621541ap2005
2010141,3069,340,0001.5%7680156905209418243ap2011
2014106,8739,651,5311.1%7881159672319617344ap2015
2016113,0539,851,0171.1%43841278903110116444ap2017
2017116,0319,981,7991.2%6979148783319315544ap2018
2020123,93010,333,4561.2%8883171724289814444ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 341
  • Diocese of Stockholm
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 40, to Page 42

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