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Diocese of Tallinn | |
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Location | |
Country | Estonia |
Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 45,213 km2 (17,457 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,300,000 6,500 (0.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 26 September 2024 |
Cathedral | St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, Tallinn |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Philippe Jourdan |
Website | |
https://www.katoliku.ee/index.php/en/ |
The Diocese of Tallinn is a Latin Church diocese that covers the entire country of Estonia.
It was an apostolic administration (quasi-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Latin Roman Catholic Church in Estonia from its formation in 1924 to 2024. Its cathedral episcopal see, the St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, is located in Tallinn.
The post of apostolic administrator was often held by titular archbishops who also held posts in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as nuncio to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
An ancient diocese with the see in Reval (Reval was the name of Tallinn until 1918) existed between 1219 and 1557.
In 1918, when Estonia gained independence, its citizens had complete freedom of religion. The Holy See recognized Estonia on 10 October 1921. The Apostolic Administration of Estonia was established on November 1, 1924, [1] on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga (in the neighboring Baltic country Latvia).
The see remained vacant during most of the period when Estonia was occupied and annexed into the USSR after the death of Bishop Eduard Profittlich in 1942 because of the suppression of the Church by Soviet communist authorities.
Since 1992, after Estonia's post-communist independence, apostolic administrators are once again appointed. It enjoyed a papal visit in September 1993 from Pope John Paul II.
On 26 September 2024, the Apostolic Administration of Estonia was raised to the Diocese of Tallinn. [2]
Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan is a French-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Diocese of Tallinn since it was established in September 2024, after serving as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia from 2005 to 2024. He has lived and worked in Estonia since 1996 and became an Estonian citizen in 2005.
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