Roman Catholic Church in Sweden

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The Roman Catholic Church in Sweden is in the diaspora and comprises only a small portion of the population.

history

In addition to the prohibition of the Catholic faith in the course of the Reformation , the death penalty for Catholics was introduced in Sweden in 1617; only foreigners were excluded. From 1781 Catholics were again allowed to practice their faith publicly. The first Vicar Apostolic for Sweden was Abbot Nikolaus Oster in 1783 . The Vicar Apostolic Jakob Studach stated in 1833 about the situation in Stockholm: “No church, no school, no teachers, no prayer book , no catechesis - just a shrinking congregation and 26 poor children who need to be cared for.” Only in 1953 could that first and to date only diocese to be established.

With the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sweden and the Holy See , an Apostolic Nunciature was established on October 2, 1982 . Archbishop James Patrick Green has represented the Holy See as Apostolic Nuncio since April 6, 2017 .

Stockholm diocese

In the diocese of Stockholm (Latin: Dioecesis Holmiensis ) there are around 104,000 Catholics in 44 parishes (2014). Around half of them are immigrants. The diocese area is 447,435 km², which corresponds to the state area of ​​the Kingdom of Sweden . These are used by 164 priests pastoral care, of which about half are diocesan priests . 164 nuns and about a dozen deacons also work in pastoral care . Since November 17, 1998, the Carmelite Anders Arborelius OCD is the first Swede to be Bishop of Stockholm . He was made the first Swedish cardinal by Pope Francis in 2017 . The Bishop of Stockholm is a member of the Nordic Bishops' Conference .

literature

Klaus Schatz: Jesuits in Sweden (1879-2001) . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2019, ISBN 978-3-402-13427-6 .

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Benjamin Lassiwe: Catholics in Scandinavia - Church on the move , Herder correspondence. 10/2016, p. 13ff.
  2. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Svezia e in Islanda. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 6, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ a b c Stockholm - a multicultural diocese . In: Bonifatiusblatt , vol. 156 (2015), issue 2 (September – December 2015), p. 15.