Diocese of Tallinn
Tallinnen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Tallinn, Estonia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1924
- Latin
- Tallinnen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000515
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,500
- Population
- 1,300,000
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Extent
- 45,213 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan
- Born
- 30 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Dax
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
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Tallinn, 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
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].