Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

Dioecesis Holmiensis

Stockholms katolska stift
Location
Country Sweden
MetropolitanImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Coordinates59°18′50″N 18°04′21″E / 59.31389°N 18.07250°E / 59.31389; 18.07250
Statistics
Area450,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
Increase 10,290,832
Increase 122,000 (Steady 1.2%)
Parishes44[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established29 June 1953[1]
CathedralSaint Eric's Cathedral
Secular priests158[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCardinal Anders Arborelius
Website
katolskakyrkan.se

The Diocese of Stockholm (Latin: Dioecesis Holmiensis; Swedish: Stockholms katolska stift) is an exempt Latin Catholic ecclesiastical bishopric in Sweden and the only Catholic diocese established in Sweden since the 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.

St Eric's Cathedral

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 since the reformation, along with other ecclesiastical infrastructure of the pre-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Sweden.

The aid organisation Caritas Sweden is a service of the Diocese of Stockholm.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference katolskakyrkan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Om nos". caritas.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.