Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)

Diocese of Stockholm
Stockholms stift
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°E / 59.32583; 18.07056Coordinates: 59°19′33″N 18°04′14″E / 59.32583°N 18.07056°E / 59.32583; 18.07056
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
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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Fakta om Stockholms stift" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Stockholm
  3. ↑ "Stockholms stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Biskopen" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  5. ↑ See the episcopal succession list here.
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