Diocese of Oslo
Osloën(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Oslo, Norway
The Diocese of Oslo is a Latin Church diocese covering southern Norway, immediately subject to the Holy See. It was erected as a diocese on June 29, 1953, and has been led by Bishop Fredrik Hansen since July 16, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1953
- Latin
- Osloën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Olav
- Annuario code
- 001002479
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 118,247
- Population
- 3,880,110
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.0%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 1,375
- Extent
- 154,560 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fredrik Hansen
- Born
- 13 June 1979
- Birthplace
- Drammen
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Olav's Cathedral, Oslo stands in Oslo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Norway's capital city gives its name to the Diocese of Oslo (Latin: Dioecesis Osloënsis), an exempt Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church based in Oslo.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.