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Territorial Prelature of Trondheim

Praelatura Territorialis Trudensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Erik Varden, O.C.S.O., Prelate

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: 56,458 (21,806 Square Miles)
  • Description: Covers most of the counties of Møre, Romsdal, and Trøndelag
  • Official Web Site: https://www.trondheimstift.no
  • Mailing Address: Sverres gate 1, N-7012 Trondheim, Norge
  • Telephone: 73.52.77.05

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
7 April 1931ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen) (Nord Trøndelag, Sør Trøndelag, and Møre) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} (erected)
Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
10 March 1944ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
4 February 1953ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge] Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
Territorial Prelature of Trondheim
28 March 1979ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} Territorial Prelature of Trondheim

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
1949230480,000.0%5485343ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
1970553571,553.1%881634838ap1971
Territorial Prelature of Trondheim
1980779601,500.1%1561296365ap1981
19901,644600,000.3%55328585ap1991
19992,576627,934.4%336429365ap2000
20002,803630,000.4%3364673165ap2001
20012,902630,000.5%4264832155ap2002
20023,080635,936.5%5274402145ap2003
20033,228637,400.5%6284032155ap2004
20043,228640,105.5%4156451165ap2005
201312,877696,9141.8%64101,2877205ap2014
201613,643715,0591.9%103131,0495245ap2017
201916,056722,3202.2%93121,3386205ap2020
202116,300733,9402.2%94131,2536215ap2022

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 Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 378, and Page 431
  • Prefecture Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 36, Page 276, and Page 277
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 485, and Page 486
  • Territorial Prelature of Trondheim
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 914, and Page 915

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