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 share
- 1.2%
- Priests
- 158
- Catholics per priest
- 772
- Extent
- 450,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- 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.
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].