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Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Tallinn, Estonia

Diocese of Tallinn

Tallinnen(sis)

Latin Church

First Catholic diocese in Estonia, established on 26 September 2024 by elevation of the Apostolic Administration of Estonia (founded 1924), covering the whole country and immediately subject to the Holy See. Its first bishop is Philippe Jourdan.

On the map

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Tallinn, Estonia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1924
Catholics
6,500
Priests
13
Territory
45,213 km²

Parishes and churches

21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan
Born
30 August 1960
Birthplace
Dax

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Tallinn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Covering the whole of Estonia, the Diocese of Tallinn is a Latin Church diocese whose cathedral episcopal see, the St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, stands in Tallinn. From its formation in 1924 until 2024 it was an apostolic administration, a quasi-diocesan jurisdiction of the Latin Catholic Church in Estonia. The office of apostolic administrator was often filled by titular archbishops who simultaneously served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See as nuncio to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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