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Diocese of Oslo

Dioecesis Osloënsis



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Bishop(s)

  • Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A., Bishop
  • Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 29 June 1953
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Norway
  • Square Kilometers: 154,560 (59,698 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.katolsk.no/
  • Mailing Address: Oslo Katolske Bispedomme, Akersveien 5, N-0177 Oslo, Norge
  • Telephone: 23.21.95.00; 91.78.30.32

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown)
7 August 1868ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole (suppressed)
Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions
Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown) (erected)
Prefecture Apostolic of Norvegia (Norway)
17 August 1869ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown) Prefecture Apostolic of Norvegia (Norway)
Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia
11 March 1892ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Norvegia (Norway) Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia
Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
1 June 1913Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia (Added Spitzberg) Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
7 April 1931Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen (Nord Trøndelag, Sør Trøndelag, and Møre) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} (erected)
8 April 1931Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen (Finnmark, Tromsø, and Nordland (including the islands of Spitzbergen)) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo
10 April 1931Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo
Diocese of Oslo
29 June 1953ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Oslo Diocese of Oslo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo
19503,8102,264,000.2%2115361051248315ap1951
Diocese of Oslo
19708,3192,808,401.3%2228501663038517ap1971
198012,5823,007,000.4%2130512463130117ap1981
199030,0953,157,2691.0%1430446833521618ap1991
199940,5653,600,0001.1%19234296533216620ap2000
200043,9803,236,1211.4%22305284533915320ap2001
200147,6803,410,0001.4%25285389933514420ap2002
200248,5143,423,4281.4%23275097033413520ap2003
200349,5953,449,2861.4%23285197233712820ap2004
200451,3053,449,2861.5%21345593233913220ap2005
2013118,2473,880,1103.0%3531661,7915348325ap2014
2016139,4073,976,4353.5%6828961,4525317525ap2017
2019143,7684,083,8453.5%4930791,8197338126ap2020
2021142,8014,162,1533.4%6425891,6048278527ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 5, Page 275
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Oslo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 432
  • Diocese of Oslo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 779, to Page 781

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