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Saint Eric's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden.It is located on Södermalm, the southern part of central Stockholm.It was built in 1892 and was raised to the status of a cathedral in 1953, when the Catholic Diocese of Stockholm was created (still the only one in Sweden).
The Catholic Church in Sweden is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. It was established by Archbishop Ansgar in Birka in 829, and further developed by the Christianization of Sweden in the 9th century.
It was first called Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but because the name was perceived as a "Catholic provocation" the name was changed to "our Saviour." The church became too small, so a new one was built in Hästhagen. The new church, which was designed by Hans Westman, was inaugurated on 9 April 1960, by the Rev. Bernhard Koch.
The Church is consecrated to Saint Eugenia (Eugénie d’Alsace), an abbess (700-735) of the monastery Mont Sainte-Odile in Alsace (France). St. Eugenia's Parish was established in 1837 and is the oldest Catholic parish in Sweden since the reformation; as of 2010 it has approximately 9,000 members. Services are held in Swedish, English, Polish ...
The Diocese of Stockholm (Latin: Dioecesis Holmiensis; Swedish: Stockholms katolska stift) is an exempt Latin Catholic ecclesiastical bishopric in Sweden and the only Catholic diocese established in Sweden since the Protestant Reformation. The diocese belongs to no ecclesiastical province but forms an episcopal conference with its Nordic ...
Abrahamsbergs Church (sv:Abrahamsbergskyrkan), Bromma, Stockholm Acklinga Church ( sv:Acklinga kyrka ), Tidaholm Municipality , Västra Götaland County Adaks Church ( sv:Adaks kyrka ), Västerbotten County , Norrland
Name Year Coordinates Image Notes Adolf Fredrik Church: 1774: Church of Sweden (Lutheran) : Bethlehem Church: 1840 (new building 1956) Swedish Evangelical Mission (Lutheran) : Bromma Church
Storkyrkan (Swedish: [ˈstûːrˌɕʏrkan], lit. ' The Great Church '), also called Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral) and Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of Saint Nicholas), is the oldest church in Stockholm. Storkyrkan lies in the centre of Stockholm in Gamla stan, between Stockholm Palace and Stortorget, the old main square of Stockholm.