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The Catholic Church in Sweden, also known as the Roman Catholic Church in Sweden, refers to the relatively small but growing membership of the Catholic Church, constituting 2% of the population of the predominantly Lutheran country of Sweden. Sweden has one of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in Europe, despite the continent's widespread secularism. Similarly to the Muslims in Sweden, officially registered Catholics number slightly over 100,000, but the numbers of baptisms suggest a considerably higher number, perhaps as high as 400,000, or 4% of the country's population; Poles, Croats, and Assyrians by themselves in Sweden exceed 200,000. The Catholic Church in Sweden consists of one diocese, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm whose bishop is Anders Arborelius since 1998. ==History== The Catholic Church was the established church of Sweden from the Middle Ages until the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, when King Gustav I severed relations with Rome. The Church of Sweden became Lutheran at the Uppsala Synod in 1593 when it adopted the Augsburg Confession to which most Lutherans adhere. In 1654, Christina, Queen of Sweden caused much scandal when she abdicated her throne to convert to Catholicism. She is one of the few women buried in the Vatican grotto. In the 1770s, the prominent Liberal Anders Chydenius - himself a Lutheran priest - prevailed upon King Gustav III to legalise the immigration of Catholics (as well as Jews) into Sweden. However, the Lutheran Church remained the only legal church in Sweden until the middle of the 19th century, when other churches were allowed. The Lutheran Church remained a state church until 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catholic Church in Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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