Roman Catholicism was introduced in Sweden in the 11th century and a hierarchy was
immediately set up.
After the introduction of Lutheranism in 1523, Catholicism was forbidden and for
nearly three centuries the only Catholics in the country were foreign residents
which were under the care of the chaplain of the French embassy.
Although Sweden became an Apostolic Prefecture in 1781 and an Apostolic Vicariate
two years later, it was only after 1860 that a new indigenous Catholic community
emerged.
Vicars Apostolic
1862 - 1873 Laurentius Studach, Titular Bishop of
Orthosia in Phnicia Prima 1798 - 1873
1873 - 1886 Johannes Georg Huber (1)
1886 - 1922 Albertus Bitter, Titular Bishop of Doliche
in Siria Eufratense I (1893) 1848 - 1926
1922 - 1953 Johannes Evangelist Eric Müller, Titular
Bishop of Lorea in Arabia, continued as
Bishop of Stockholm until 1957.
(1) Not a Titular Bishop.
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