Catholic Diocese of Turku

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The Catholic Diocese of Turku was the medieval Latin-rite ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Finland, centered in Turku, that served as the principal seat of the Catholic Church there before the Reformation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Catholic Diocese of Turku canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
defunct diocese ⓘ
medieval Latin-rite ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
associatedWith Christianization of Finland ⓘ
category History of Christianity in Finland ⓘ
Medieval Catholic dioceses in Scandinavia ⓘ
cathedral Turku Cathedral ⓘ
churchBuildingStyle Gothic architecture (cathedral) ⓘ
churchProvince Province of Uppsala ⓘ
clergyLanguage Latin ⓘ
country Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
currentCathedralUse cathedral of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
episcopalSee Turku Cathedral ⓘ
establishedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
establishedUnder Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Turku ⓘ
governedUnder canon law ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Western Christendom ⓘ
historicalReligion Latin Christianity ⓘ
historicalRole principal seat of the Catholic Church in medieval Finland ⓘ
jurisdictionType diocese ⓘ
layLanguage Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Western Church ⓘ
locatedIn Finland ⓘ
Turku ⓘ
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ
namedAfter city of Turku ⓘ
precededBy Diocese of Nousiainen ⓘ
preReformationStatus only Catholic diocese in Finland ⓘ
primaryLanguage Latin ⓘ
regionServed Finland ⓘ
Swedish realm in Finland ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
seeCity Turku ⓘ
status suppressed ⓘ
successor Diocese of Turku (Lutheran) ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Turku

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
suffraganTo Archdiocese of Uppsala ⓘ
suppressedBy Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
suppressedIn 16th century ⓘ
territory most of medieval Finland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocese of Turku → isSuccessorOf → Catholic Diocese of Turku ⓘ