{"id":10213,"date":"2024-09-27T05:07:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T05:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/catholic-church-elevated-in-estonia-pope-francis-creates-diocese-of-tallinn\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T05:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T05:07:18","slug":"catholic-church-elevated-in-estonia-pope-francis-creates-diocese-of-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/catholic-church-elevated-in-estonia-pope-francis-creates-diocese-of-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041a\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044c \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0432\u044b\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0432 \u042d\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0438: \u041f\u0430\u043f\u0430 \u0424\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0438\u0441\u043a \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0435\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0438\u044e \u0422\u0430\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tallinna-church.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">Catholic Cathedral St. Peter and Paul in the Diocese of Tallinn, Estonia. \/ Credit: Kallerna\/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNA Newsroom, Sep 26, 2024 \/ 14:15 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has elevated the Apostolic Administration of Estonia to the status of a diocese, creating the first Catholic diocese in the Baltic country.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican made the <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/it\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2024\/09\/26\/0735\/01483.html\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044e<\/a> on Sept. 26, coinciding with the start of the pope\u2019s apostolic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/258363\/from-castles-to-cathedrals-pope-francis-schedule-for-luxembourg-and-belgium-trip\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0435\u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0435<\/a> to Luxembourg and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The newly established Diocese of Tallinn encompasses the entire territory of Estonia and remains immediately subject to the Holy See. The pope appointed the current apostolic administrator, Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, as the first bishop of the new diocese.<\/p>\n<p>Jourdan, 64, a native of France, has led the Catholic community in Estonia since 2005. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/omnesmag.com\/en\/foco-en\/bishop-philippe-jourdan-our-lady-wanted-to-remain-in-the-estonian-language-even-after-the-lutheran-reform\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">interview with Omnes<\/a>, he discussed the historical context of the Catholic presence in Estonia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we are now celebrating 100 years of apostolic administration, this does not mean that Catholics arrived in 1924. We have had a Catholic presence in Estonia since the 13th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"width:100%\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bishop.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" style=\"null\" alt=\"Bishop Philippe Jourdan has been appointed the bishop of the newly created Diocese of Tallinn in Estonia. Credit: Rene Riisalu\/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Bishop Philippe Jourdan has been appointed the bishop of the newly created Diocese of Tallinn in Estonia. Credit: Rene Riisalu\/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u041e\u0444\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katoliku.ee\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u0432\u0435\u0431-\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442<\/a> of the Church in Estonia retells the historic roots of Christianity in the region: \u201cAt the beginning of the 13th century, Estonia was conquered by the German Teutonic Order during the Livonian Crusade and thus was one of the last territories in Europe to be Christianized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest census in 2021, Catholics make up approximately 0.8% of the Estonian population. Jourdan noted the growth of the Catholic community in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>From \u201cfive [Estonian Catholics] in the 1970s, we have grown more than a thousandfold today. It has been a great grace of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bishop also highlighted the challenges faced by Catholics during the Soviet occupation: \u201cMany fled and others were killed or deported, like my predecessor [Archbishop] Eduard Profittlich, who died in prison. The Catholic Church survived, but with great suffering for more than 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Estonia, known as \u201cMaarjamaa\u201d or \u201cLand of Mary,\u201d has retained this name despite its predominantly Lutheran history. <\/p>\n<p>Jourdan explained: \u201cFor some reason, Our Lady has remained in the language even after the Reformation. I have researched the consecration of Estonia to Our Lady by Innocent III, and apparently we are the second country in the world consecrated to Our Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Holy See Press Office stated that the creation of the Diocese of Tallinn \u201ctestifies to the stability of the situation of the Catholic Church in Estonia and is also a recognition by the Catholic Church of the pastoral and organizational maturity of the Estonian Catholic community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marge-Marie Paas, communications director of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katoliku.ee\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Diocese of Tallinn<\/a>, wrote in a contribution for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/church\/news\/2024-09\/pope-francis-elevates-estonia-diocese-tallinn.html\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Vatican News<\/a> that the change \u201cmeans that the local Catholic Church in Estonia has developed the human, material, and spiritual resources necessary to fully assume the responsibilities of a diocese.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paas added that the elevation to a diocese \u201cis also an acknowledgment of the growth and importance of the Estonian Catholic community in Estonia, while also strengthening its spiritual and missionary spirit among the people of God in the territory of the Estonian Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Apostolic Administration of Estonia was originally established by Pope Pius XI in 1924. At that time, the Catholic community numbered about 2,000 faithful. The elevation to a diocese comes as the Catholic Church in Estonia marks its centennial year as an independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/259493\/estonia-receives-first-catholic-diocese-pope-francis-establishes-diocese-of-tallinn-in-baltic-nation\">\u0421\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Catholic Cathedral St. Peter and Paul in the Diocese of Tallinn, Estonia. \/ Credit: Kallerna\/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 CNA Newsroom, Sep 26, 2024 \/ 14:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has elevated the Apostolic Administration of Estonia to the status of a diocese, creating the first Catholic diocese in the Baltic country. The Vatican made [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-10213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1727413640_tallinna-church.jpg?fit=2048%2C1451&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27336,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/pope-francis-approves-transfer-of-chinese-bishop-to-diocese-of-fuzhou\/","url_meta":{"origin":10213,"position":0},"title":"Pope Francis approves transfer of Chinese bishop to Diocese of Fuzhou","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"23 \u044f\u043d\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044f, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] A worshipper waves the flag of China as Pope Francis leaves following the weekly general audience on June 12, 2019, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. \/ Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE\/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Jan 23, 2025 \/ 08:45 am (CNA). 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