Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)
Diocese of Stockholm Stockholms stift | |
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Arms of the diocese of Stockholm | |
Location | |
Country | Sweden |
Ecclesiastical province | Uppsala |
Metropolitan | Uppsala |
Deaneries | 13 kontrakt[1] |
Coordinates | 59°19′33″N 18°04′14″E / 59.32583°N 18.07056°ECoordinates: 59°19′33″N 18°04′14″E / 59.32583°N 18.07056°E |
Statistics | |
Population - Total |
(as of 2010[2]) 871952 |
Congregations | 63[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of Sweden |
Established | 1942[3] |
Cathedral | Storkyrkan |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Eva Brunne[4] |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Antje Jackelén |
Map | |
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Website | |
svenskakyrkan.se/stockholmsstift |
The Diocese of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden. Its cathedral is Storkyrkan in Stockholm's old town.
Bishop
The current Bishop of Stockholm is the Rt Rev'd Eva Brunne, who was enthroned on 8 November 2009.
The following have served as Bishop of Stockholm from the Second World War to the present day:[5]
- Manfred Björkquist (1942–1954)
- Helge Ljungberg (1954–1971)
- Ingmar Ström (1971–1979)
- Lars Carlzon (1979–1984)
- Krister Stendahl (1984–1988)
- Henrik Svenungsson (1988–1998)
- Caroline Krook (1998–2009)
- Eva Brunne (2009–)
Kontrakts
The diocese contains the following 13 kontrakts:
- Domkyrkokontraktet
- Södermalms Kontrakt
- Brännkyrka Kontrakt
- Birka Kontrakt
- Roslags Kontrakt
- Värmdö Kontrakt
- Södertörns Kontrakt
- Östermalms-Lidingö Kontrakt
- Enskede Kontrakt
- Spånga Kontrakt
- Sollentuna Kontrakt
- Solna Kontrakt
- Huddinge-Botkyrka Kontrakt
Sollentuna Kontrakt
- Eds Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality)
- Fresta Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality)
- Hammarby Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality)
- Järfälla Parish (in Järfälla Municipality)
- Sollentuna Parish (in Sollentuna Municipality)
References
- 1 2 "Fakta om Stockholms stift" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ Stockholm
- ↑ "Stockholms stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Biskopen" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ See the episcopal succession list here.
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