Catholic Church in Norway
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Saint Paul Catholic Church, Bergen | |
Classification | Catholic Church |
Orientation | Latin |
Region | Norway |
Origin | 934 AD |
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The Catholic Church in Norway (Norwegian: Den katolske kirke i Norge) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. As of May 2014[update], there were over 151,000 registered Catholics in Norway.[1] It is claimed there are many Catholics who are not registered with their personal identification number and who are not reported by the local church; the full number may be as high as 230,000, 70% of whom were born abroad.[2][3] That constitutes about 5% of the population, making Norway the most Catholic country in Nordic Europe.
However, in early 2015, the Bishop of Oslo was charged with fraud for reporting to the government as many as 65,000 names of people claimed as members of the church who had not actually signed up. As the government gives a subsidy to religious organizations according to the number of members, the diocese was ordered to repay the government.[4] The government reports for January 2015 that there were 95,655 registered Catholics, down from the 140,109 reported for January 2014.[5]
Structure
The Catholic Church is the second largest religious community in Norway by number of registered members. The country is divided into three Church districts – the
Four religious orders have returned to Norway: the
There are few Catholic welfare institutions in Norway today. There are no Catholic hospitals or orphanages, but the Catholic Church operates primary and secondary schools in Oslo,
Origin
This section's factual accuracy is disputed. (November 2017) |
The Catholic Church in Norway is almost as old as the kingdom itself, dating from approximately A.D. 900,
Largely the work of
Reformation to 1843
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The
Many traditions from the Catholic Middle Ages continued for centuries more. In the late 18th century and into the 19th century, a strict and puritan interpretation of the Lutheran faith, inspired by the preacher
The
In 1688, Norway became part of the
Since legalisation in 1843
The first parish after the Reformation was established in the capital in 1843; a few years later Catholic places of worship were opened in
On 10 April 1931, the Apostolic Vicariate of Norway was divided into three separate Catholic jurisdictions:
- Southern Norway: Apostolic Vicariate of Oslo (extant 1931–1953), upgraded to the Diocese of Oslo in 1953
- Central Norway: Its jurisdiction (called Missionary District of Central Norway, 1931–1935; Apostolic Prefecture of Central Norway, 1935–1953; Apostolic Vicariate of Central Norway, 1953–1979) became the Prelature of Trondheim in 1979.
- Norway north of the polar circle: Its jurisdiction (called Missionary District of Northern Norway, 1931–1944; Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Norway, 1944–1955; Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Norway, 1955–1979) now forms the Prelature of Tromsø.
Sigrid Undset
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In November 1924 the well-known Norwegian writer
Catholic immigrants
The Catholic Church remained very much a minority church of a few thousand people up to the decades following World War II. However, with increased immigration from the 1960s onwards, the Catholic Church grew quickly: from 6,000 in 1966 to 40,000 in 1996 and to over 200,000 in 2013.[24]
At first, the immigrants came from Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Immigration from Chile, the Philippines, and from a wide range of other countries began in the 1970s. Among the largest groups are Vietnamese and Tamils. This development has further increased after 2008 with a high number of economic migrants from Poland and Lithuania.[25] Poles, who number an estimated 120,000 as of 2006,[26] are currently the largest group of Catholics in Norway. As of 2015[update], besides members of the Latin Church, there were Chaldean Catholics with their own priest.[27]
Members
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Year | Members[28] | Percent |
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1971 | 9,366 | 0.24% |
1980 | 13,923 | 0.34% |
1990 | 26,580 | 0.62% |
2000 | 42,598 | 0.98% |
2010 | 66,972 | 1.37% |
2011 | 83,018 | 1.68% |
2012 | 102,286 | 2.04% |
2018 | 157,220 |
Municipality | Catholics (2003)[29] | Percent | Catholics (2004)[29] | Percent | Catholics (2013)[30] | Percent |
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Oslo | 14,908 | 2.8% | 13,300 | 2.5% | 34,000 | 5.4% |
Bergen | 3,873 | 1.6% | 4,044 | 1.7% | 13,000 | 4,8% |
Bærum | 1,816 | 1.7% | 1,666 | 1.6% | ___ | |
Stavanger | 1,720 | 1.5% | 1,568 | 1.3% | 10,000 [31] | 7.7% |
Trondheim | 1,434 | 0.9% | 1,416 | 0.9% | 5,000 [32] | 2.7% |
Kristiansand | 1,251 | 1.6% | 1,150 | 1.5% | ___ |
Membership inflation fraud conviction
In 2015, it was discovered that the
List of Catholic parishes in Norway
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Churches
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Saint Olaf's Cathedral, (Oslo)
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Saint Paul's Church, Bergen
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Saint Peter's Church, Halden
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Santa Bridget's Church, Fredrikstad
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Our Lady's Church, Porsgrunn
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Saint Svithun's Church, Stavanger
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Saint Lawrence's Church, Drammen
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Saint John the Baptist's Church, Sandefjord
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Saint John the Evangelist's Church, Oslo
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Saint Francis Xavier's Church, Arendal
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Saint Thorfinn's Church, Hamar
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Santa Sunniva`s Church, Molde
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Saint Joseph's Church, Haugesund
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Santa Teresa's Church, Hønefoss
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Saint Michael's Church, Moss
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Saint Gudmund's Church, Jessheim
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Saint Eystein`s Church, Bodø
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Saint Olaf's Cathedral, Trondheim
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Our Lady's Cathedral, Tromsø
See also
- Religion in Norway
- Christianity in Norway
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway
- Protestantism in Norway
- List of Christian monasteries in Norway
- List of Catholic dioceses in Norway (Previous and present)
References
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- ^ Hatlem, Bjørn Arild (14 December 2010). "Kolossal katolsk kyrkjevekst" [Colossal Catholic Church Growth]. Dagen. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Trolig 200.000 katolikker i Norge" [Probably 200,000 Catholics in Norway]. Vårt Land. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Gaffey, Conor (2 July 2015). "Catholic Church accused of defrauding Norway of €5.7m". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Members of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway. Per 1 January". Statistics Norway. Government of Norway. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Organization". Catholic Church in Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Catholic Parishes in Norway". Catholic Church in Norway.
- ^ "Welcome". Munkeby Herberge. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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- ^ "Ordenssamfunn i Norge" [Religious Communities in Norway] (in Norwegian). Diocese of Oslo. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Myren, Torill (19 September 2012). "Nytt kloster på Selja" [New Monastery at Selja]. Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Map of all Catholic churches, monasteries, places of mass, offices and residences in Norway". Catholic Church in Norway. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Nordli, Øyvind; Holm, Per Annar; Stoltenberg, Kristin (16 December 2014). "Én omkommet i brann i Oslo" [One killed in fire in Oslo]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Oslo. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Om Fransiskushjelpen" [About Fransiskushjelpen]. Fransiskushjelpen. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "About Caritas Norway". Caritas Norway. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ a b Katolsk website, The history of the Catholic Church in Norway
- ^ Unofficial Royalty website, Nidaros Cathedral page
- ^ Bang, Anton Christian (1912). Den Norske kirkes historie [The History of the Norwegian Church]. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag. p. 322.
- ^ Willson, Thomas Benjamin (1903). History of the Church and State in Norway: from the Tenth to the Sixteenth Century. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. p. 347.
- ^ "katolsk.no". Den katolske kirke. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Edinburgh University Press, Rebuilding the archdiocese of Nidaros: Etienne Djunkowsky and the North Pole Mission, c. 1855–1870 by Andrew G. Newby
- ^ "Sigrid Undset: Catholic Viking"
- ^ Bentz, Jan (26 February 2013). "The Church in Norway: Explosive Growth, Long Distances". Zenit News Agency.
- ^ Slettholm, Andreas (3 December 2012). "Nå er det flere katolikker enn muslimer i Norge" [There are now more Catholics than Muslims in Norway]. Aftenposten. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Moe, Ingeborg (3 September 2006). "120.000 polakker i Norge" [120,000 Poles in Norway]. Afterposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "The Chaldaic group in Norway gets it own priest". 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Religious communities and other philosophical communities". Statistics Norway. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Kommuner med minst 50 katolikker pr. 31.12.2004" [Municipalities with more than 50 Catholics on 31 December 2004] (in Norwegian). Diocese of Oslo. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Tessem, Liv Berti (29 March 2013). "Høytid for sorg, håp og glede" [Holy Days for Sorrow, Hope and Joy]. Afterposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "St. Svithun runder 10.000 medlemmer" [St. Swithin Rounds 10,000 members]. Nyheter St. Svithun Menighet. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Landrø, Juliet (16 August 2012). "Må rive Blekens hovedverk" [Raze Bleken's Masterpiece]. NRK News. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Anette Holth Hanse (25 January 2016). "Kraftig kutt i støtte til katolikker". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Kaja Staude Mikalsen (14 March 2019). "Oslo katolske bispedømme tapte ankesaken mot staten". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2020.
Sources
- Official website of the Catholic Church of Norway, katolsk.no; accessed 21 September 2016. (in Norwegian)
- Kjelstrup, Karl (1943). Norvegia catholica: moderkirkens gjenreisning i Norge: et tilbakeblikk i anledning av 100-årsminnet for opprettelsen av St. Olavs menighet i Oslo, 1843–1943 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Oslo apostolic vicariate. p. 418.
- Brodersen, Øistein Grieve (1943). Norge-Rom, 1153-1953: Jubileumsskrift, 800 år siden opprettelsen av Den norske kirkeprovins (in Norwegian). Trondheim. p. 49.
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