Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

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The Diocese of Stockholm (

Protestant Reformation. The diocese belongs to no ecclesiastical province but forms an episcopal conference with its Nordic neighbours. Its territory includes 44 parishes and covers the entire country of Sweden.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Saint Eric's Cathedral in Sweden's capital city of Stockholm. The former Catholic cathedrals have been possessions of the Church of Sweden

Prior to the Reformation in Sweden, there were a number of Catholic dioceses, including the former dioceses of Linköping, Lund, Sigtuna, Skara, Strängnäs, Västerås, Växjö. By 1550, all of the episcopates of the Catholic bishops in Sweden, including present-day Finland, came to an end.^[2] Following the reformation, most of these dioceses were reinstated as parts of the Church of Sweden.

In 1582, any remaining Catholics in Sweden and elsewhere in Northern Europe were placed under the jurisdiction of a

In 1688 Sweden became part of the

On 29 June 1953 the Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden was promoted to Diocese Stockholm, named after its see, while the same diocesan status was given in Norway to the new bishopric of Oslo. The diocese was visited by Pope John Paul II in June 1989 and by Pope Francis in October/November 2016.

Demographics

In 2019, the diocese constituted 122,000 Catholics (1.2% of the global total: 10,290,832), but an estimated 150,000 Catholics consisting of hundreds of nationalities reside within Sweden.^{[citation needed]} The diocese consists of 44 parishes and 13 missions with 159 priests (78 diocesan, 81 religious), 31 deacons, 269 lay religious (96 brothers, 173 sisters) and 9 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Sweden

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,
   O.S.B.
   (1922–1953)

Bishops of Stockholm

1. Johannes Erik Müller, O.S.B. (1953–1957)
2. Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. (1957–1962)
3. O.M.I.
   (1962–1976)
4. Hubertus Brandenburg (1977–1998)
5. Cardinal Anders Arborelius (1998–present)

Auxiliary Bishops

1. William Kenney, C.P. (1987–2006), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Europe

References and notes