Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)

This article is about the diocese of the Church of Sweden. For the diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm.

Diocese of Stockholm

Diocesis Holmiensis

Stockholms stift
Arms of the diocese of Stockholm
Location
CountrySweden
Ecclesiastical provinceUppsala
MetropolitanUppsala
Deaneries13 kontrakt[1]
Coordinates59°19′33″N 18°04′14″E / 59.32583°N 18.07056°E / 59.32583; 18.07056
Statistics
Population
- Total		(as of 2010)
871952
Congregations63[1]
Information
DenominationChurch of Sweden
Established1942[2]
CathedralStorkyrkan
Current leadership
BishopAndreas Holmberg[3]
Metropolitan ArchbishopAntje Jackelén
Map
Website
svenskakyrkan.se/stockholmsstift

The Diocese of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden. Its cathedral is Storkyrkan in Stockholm's Old Town. The diocese covers most of metropolitan Stockholm and was formed in 1942 from parts of the medieval dioceses of Strängnäs and Uppsala, both of which pre-dated the foundation of the city. Before 1942, the City of Stockholm itself and Greater Stockholm were divided more or less equally between the two medieval dioceses at Slussen just south of Stockholm's Old Town.[citation needed]

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