Territorial Prelature Tromsø
| Territorial Prelature Tromsø | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Norway |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| prelate | Berislav Grgić |
| surface | 173,968 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 484,525 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 6,239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 567 |
| Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Norwegian |
| cathedral | Our Lady |
| address | Storgate 94 Postboks 198 9001 Tromsø Norway |
| Website | http://www.katolsk.no/nn/ |
The Tromsø Prelature ( Latin Praelatura Territorialis Tromsoeana , Norwegian Tromsø stift ) is a Catholic territorial prelature based in Tromsø . It is headed by a bishop but does not have the status of a diocese . Since the term prelature is unknown in Norway, the term pen is used there. In practice, however, it functions like a diocese. That would make it the northernmost in the world. It covers Northern Norway ( Nordland and Troms og Finnmark ) with an area of almost 175,000 square kilometers ( Spitsbergen and North Cape included), but is only responsible for around six thousand Catholics.
history
After the Catholic Church in Norway was rebuilt in 1843, it was initially part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden . In 1855 the area of Northern Norway became part of the Apostolic Prefecture for the North Pole Area (see North Pole Mission ) with its seat in Alta . In 1869, Northern Norway was incorporated from the dissolved North Pole Mission into the new prefecture of Norway , which was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate in 1892. 1931 was with the Breve Paterna caritas by Pius XI. the Apostolic Vicariate of Norway was divided into three areas, and Northern Norway became a missionary district. On March 10, 1944 this was with the bull Maioris dignitatis by Pius XII. Elevated to the Apostolic Prefecture, on February 18, 1955 with the Bull Quoniam arcana to the Vicariate and on March 28, 1979 with the Bull Qui volente by John Paul II finally to the Territorial Prelature.
Todays situation
There are seven parishes, eleven churches and eleven priests. Only one of the clergy who look after the believers in this diaspora is native. The others come from the Diocese of Passau and Poland. The parishes of the diocese are constantly growing, albeit at a low level. This is due to the influx and growth of the local population as well as to the mostly African refugees who have found a new home in Northern Norway. With the help of the sponsors of the Diaspora Aid Organization , which in 2004 alone amounted to € 170,000 in donations and membership fees, projects such as the construction of a Catholic primary school in Bodø can be tackled.
The Cathedral of Our Lady is the northernmost of the Catholic Church.
Parishes
The prelature includes parishes in Tromsø , Bodø , Hammerfest (northernmost Roman Catholic parish in the world), Harstad , Mosjøen , Narvik and Storfjord .
Shepherds
Superiore of Northern Norway
- Henrik Irgens (Apostolic Administrator 1931–1932)
- Johannes Starke MSF (1932–1939)
- Johann Wember MSF (1939-1944)
Apostolic Prefect of Northern Norway
- Johann Wember MSF (1944–1955)
Vicars Apostolic of Northern Norway
- Johann Wember MSF (1955–1976)
- Johannes Baptist Przyklenk MSF (1976–1977)
- Walter Huijbregts MSF (Provikar 1977)
- Gerhard Goebel MSF (Apostolic Administrator 1977–1979)
Prelates of Tromso
- Gerhard Goebel MSF (1979-2006)
- Berislav Grgić (from 2009)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Territorial Prelature Tromsø on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Territorial Prelature Tromsø on gcatholic.org (English)
- "The Angels of the Arctic Circle" - TV documentary about the Carmelites of Tromsø
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bonifatiuswerk (Ed.): Diaspora Annual Booklet 2019/2020. P. 26.