Roman Catholic Church in Norway

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The Cathedral of St. Olav in Oslo was the first Catholic church since it was re-admitted in 1843

The Roman Catholic Church in Norway is the second largest Christian religious community in Norway after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Norway .

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history

The history of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the time of the Christianization of Norway around 1000. In 1537 Lutheran teaching was introduced in Denmark-Norway and the Catholic Church was banned. However, there were small Roman Catholic groups in Norway until around 1700. From 1677 to 1690 the Jesuits had a settlement in Fredrikstad , at the invitation of the Catholic garrison commander Johan Caspar von Cicignon . It was not until 1843 that King Christian VIII allowed the establishment of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Olav in Oslo.

Norway and the Holy See have had full diplomatic relations since 1982 . Apostolic Nuncio in Norway has been Archbishop James Patrick Green since October 2017 .

Membership numbers

As recently as 2009, the statistics authority had only recorded 57,000 Catholic church members; in 2010, the Catholic Church reported almost 70,000 members. Then in 2012 it should have been around 110,000 and in 2014 over 140,000 members. Since labor migration to Norway increased sharply with the eastward expansion of the EU (2004) , Polish citizens have made up around a third of the registered church members. Since then, Norway has even assumed a total of up to 200,000 Catholics, that would be 4 percent of the resident population.

The Norwegian authorities are investigating the Catholic Church because of the “illegal” and “fraudulent” method used by the Diocese of Oslo to unceremoniously declare immigrants Catholic believers in order to receive additional public payments.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Catholic Church in Norway Church website, accessed July 24, 2012
  2. ↑ Helmut Holzapfel : Nordic Church under the Cross , Würzburg 1963, p. 31.
  3. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Norvegia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 18, 2017, accessed October 19, 2017 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Medlemmer i tros- og livssynssamfunn utenfor Den norske kirke Statistisk sentralbyrå, accessed July 22, 2012
  5. ↑ a b c Spiegel online from June 29, 2015: Incorrect membership figures - Norway demands repayment of millions from the Catholic Church
  6. ↑ Historisk mange katolikker i Norge Dagen.no, May 16, 2012, accessed on July 23, 2012
  7. ↑ Jarle Kallestad: Over 200,000 katolikker ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vårt land, January 30, 2008, accessed July 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vl.no
  8. ↑ Dagbladet of June 29, 2015: Må betale 40 million kroner tilbake

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