Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm (Latin: Dioecesis Holmiensis; Swedish: Stockholms katolska stift) is a Roman-Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sweden; its seat is Stockholm. It is the only Roman Catholic diocese established in Sweden since the Protestant Reformation. Originally erected on September 23, 1783, as an apostolic vicariate within the Archdiocese of Paderborn, it became a separate diocese on June 29, 1953. The diocese includes 42 parishes and covers the entire country of Sweden.

[edit] List of bishops

  1. Nicolaus Oster (1783-1790)
  2. Rafael d´Ossery (1790-1795)
  3. Paolo Moretti (1795-1804)
  4. Jean Baptiste Gridaine (1805-1833)
  5. Jacob Laurentius Studach (1833-1873)
  6. Johan Georg Huber (1874-1886)
  7. Albert Bitter (1886-1922)
  8. Johannes Erik Müller (1923 - 1957)
  9. Ansgar Nelson (1957-1962)
  10. John E. Taylor (1962-1976)
  11. Hubertus Brandenburg (1978-1998)
  12. Anders Arborelius (1998-present)


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