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Territorial Prelature of Tromsų

Praelatura Territorialis Tromsoeana



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Erik Varden, O.C.S.O., Apostolic Administrator
  • Berislav Grgić, Prelate Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Elevated: 28 March 1979
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Norway
  • Square Kilometers: 173,968 (67,195 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Postboks 132, Storgata 94, N-9252 Tromso, Norge
  • Telephone: 776.84.277

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
8 April 1931ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen) (Finnmark, Tromsų, and Nordland (including the islands of Spitzbergen)) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} (erected)
Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
10 March 1944ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
18 February 1955ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
Territorial Prelature of Tromsų
28 March 1979ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} Territorial Prelature of Tromsų

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
1949266338,245.1%8833274ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
1963353413,123.1%7750354ap1971
Territorial Prelature of Tromsų
1980600483,000.1%661006215ap1981
1990820485,500.2%771177206ap1991
19991,562480,000.3%1101114210306ap2000
20001,565480,000.3%1891738276ap2001
20011,694467,072.4%1891888256ap2002
20021,675580,000.3%1782097256ap2003
20031,651462,711.4%1891838226ap2004
20041,775467,702.4%28101778257ap2005
20135,054477,3981.1%38114598217ap2014
20166,239484,5251.3%29115679247ap2017
20197,474489,5311.5%49135749237ap2020
20217,338487,4301.5%49135649227ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Mission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 379, and Page 430
  • Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 36, Page 275, and Page 276
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 375, and Page 376
  • Territorial Prelature of Tromsų
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 915, and Page 916

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