Apostolic Administration of Estonia
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The Apostolic Administration of Estonia is a Latin Church, territorial Catholic circonscription (ecclesiastical jurisdiction) that covers the entire country of Estonia.
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Apostolic Administration of Estonia Apostolica Administratio Estoniensis Eesti Apostellik Administratuur | |
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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 | 1 November 1924 |
Cathedral | St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, Tallinn |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Administrator | Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan |
It is an apostolic administration (quasi-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Latin Roman Catholic church in Estonia, hence is exempt (i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province) and has its cathedral episcopal see, the St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, in the national capital Tallinn.
The post of apostolic administrator has often been held by titular archbishops, combining it with papal diplomatic posts in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.