Diocese of Västerås

Diocese of the Church of Sweden

Diocese of Västerås

Diocesis Arosiensis

Västerås stift

Arms of the diocese of Västerås

Location
Country| Sweden
Deaneries| 9 kontrakt[1]
Coordinates| 59°36′45″N 16°32′28″E﻿ / ﻿59.61250°N 16.54111°E﻿ / 59.61250; 16.54111
Statistics
Parishes| 59[1]
Congregations| 77[1]
Information
Denomination| Church of Sweden
Established| 12th century[2]
Cathedral| Västerås Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop| Mikael Mogren[3]
Metropolitan Archbishop| Antje Jackelén
Map
Website
svenskakyrkan.se/vasterasstift

The Diocese of Västerås (Swedish: Västerås stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden. Its Episcopal see is located in Västerås at Västerås Cathedral. The diocese was first established in the 12th century as part of the Roman Catholic church, but was made part of the Church of Sweden as a result of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden.

## History

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The diocese existed as a Catholic diocese from the 11th to the 16th century. The see was founded at Munktorp, then moved about 1100 to Västerås by the English Cluniac missionary David of Munktorp, who was Bishop of Västerå, and one of the patron saints of Västerås Cathedral.

Before 1118 the Diocese of Sigtuna was divided into the Diocese of Uppsala and that of Västerås. In 1134, Henry, Bishop of Sigtuna was transferred to Västerås. Heathenism was not extinct by 1182. Charles (1257–1277) was a great benefactor, and Israel Erlandsson [Wikidata], O.S.B. (1260–1332; bishop, 1309–1332), mined copper in Dalecarlia and wrote "De Vita et Miraculis S. Erici" (Ser. rev. Svec., II, I, 272-276).

Otto (1501–1522) completed the Västerås Cathedral. Peder Sunnanväder (1522–1523), formerly chancellor to Sten Sture the Elder, was executed for alleged treason in 1527. The last Catholic bishop, Petrus Magni (1524–1534), is supposed to have been consecrated 1 May 1524 in Rome. In 1527 a Diet was held at Västerås which Protestantized the Church of Sweden and separated it from the Holy See in Rome. Petrus Magni consecrated various bishops in 1528 and 1531 under protest. Though subjected latterly to humiliating tutelage by King Gustav I of Sweden, he retained the see until his death. The Dalecarlians rose repeatedly in defence of their religion, but were overcome by the cunning and violence of Gustav I.

The cathedral of Västerås and the parish church of Mora were the only important churches in the diocese. At Västerås there was a Dominican convent (founded 1234) and a Hospital of the Holy Spirit (founded 1345). Munktorp Abbey [Wikidata] was extinct before 1318. The Cistercian Abbey of Husby [Wikidata] (Gudsberga kloster, Mons Domini) in Dalecarlia, founded in 1477, and colonized from Alvastra Abbey in 1486, lasted until 1544.

## Gallery

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* Gustaf Vasa accuses Peder Sunnanväder before the chapter in Västerås; Ernst Josephson

* Peder Sunnanväder's and Mäster Knut's Ignominious Entry into Stockholm 1526; Carl Gustaf Hellqvist

## See also

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* List of bishops of Västerås

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Startsida" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
2. ^ "Västerås stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)
3. ^ "Biskopen" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ancient See of Westeraas". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:

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* Carl Silfverstolpe [sv], Svenskt Diplomatarium, 1401-1420 (Stockholm, 1875)
* Carl Gustaf Kröningssvärd and Johan Wilhelm Lidén [sv], Diplomatarium Dalekarlicum (Stockholm, 1842)
* Konung Gustaf den Forstes Registratur. ed. Victor Granlund IV (Stockholm, 1868)
* Breviarium Arosiense (Basle, 1853)
* Acta Sanctorum, IV (Paris, 1868)
* Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, Den nordiske Kirkes Grundloeggelse, II (Copenhagen, 1878), 856–857, suppl. 96, 97
* Henrik Reuterdahl, Swenska kyrkaus historia (Lund, 1838)
* Israel Erlandsson (Lund, 1850)
* Jules Martin, Gustave Vasa et la Reforme en Suede
* Lars Gustaf Sohlberg, Domkyrkan i Westeraas (Westeraas, 1834)
* Frithiof Hall, Bidrag till; Kannedomen om Cistercienserorden i Sverige (Gefle, 1899)

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