Diocese of Stockholm
Holmien(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Stockholm, Sweden
The Diocese of Stockholm, erected in 1953, is the only Catholic diocese in Sweden and is immediately subject to the Holy See, covering the whole country. Its bishop is Cardinal Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., the first Swedish cardinal, in office since 1998.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1953
- Latin
- Holmien(sis)
- Patron
- São Érico
- Annuario code
- 001003114
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 122,000
- Population
- 10,290,832
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.2%
- Priests
- 158
- Catholics per priest
- 772
- Extent
- 450,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Anders Arborelius
- Born
- 24 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Sorengo
- Institute
- CARMELITANI SCALZI (O.C.D.)
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
Saint Eric's Cathedral (Sankt Eriks katolska domkyrka), Stockholm stands in Stockholm, 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.
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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.