Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)

Diocese of Stockholm

*Diocesis Holmiensis*

Stockholms stift
Diocese of Stockholm; Diocesis Holmiensis; Stockholms stift
	Arms of the diocese of Stockholm
Location
Country	Sweden
Ecclesiastical province	Uppsala
Metropolitan	Uppsala
Deaneries	13 kontrakt
Coordinates	59°19′33″N 18°04′14″E / 59.32583°N 18.07056°E
Statistics
Population; - Total	(as of 2010); 871952
Congregations	63
Information
Denomination	Church of Sweden
Established	1942
Cathedral	Storkyrkan
Current leadership
Bishop	Andreas Holmberg
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. The diocese covers most of metropolitan Stockholm and was formed in 1942 from parts of the medieval dioceses of Strängnäs and Uppsala, both of which pre-dated the foundation of the city. Before 1942, the City of Stockholm itself and Greater Stockholm were divided more or less equally between the two medieval dioceses at Slussen just south of Stockholm's Old Town.^{[citation needed]}

List of bishops

The current bishop of Stockholm is Andreas Holmberg, who was ordained on 5 March 2019. The following have served as Bishop of Stockholm since the diocese was established in 1942:^[4]

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 (2009–2019)
Andreas Holmberg (2019–present)

Kontrakts

The diocese comprises the following 13 kontrakts, the equivalent of a deanery within the Church of Sweden:^[5]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Fakta om Stockholms stift" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Stockholms stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)
^ "Biskopen" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Biskopar i Stockholms stift". Church of Sweden (in Swedish). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Dioceses, rural deaneries and pastoral districts in numerical order, with the associated parishes" (PDF). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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[numbers-1] "Fakta om Stockholms stift" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[ne-2] "Stockholms stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)

[bishop-3] "Biskopen" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[4] "Biskopar i Stockholms stift". Church of Sweden (in Swedish). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[5] "Dioceses, rural deaneries and pastoral districts in numerical order, with the associated parishes" (PDF). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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