The Diocese of

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

() was a division of the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...

between 1603 and 1915, when it was merged into the

diocese of Växjö The Diocese of Växjö () is one of 13 dioceses within the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Växjö. The diocese was established in the 12th century as a Roman Catholic bishopric, but was taken over by the Ch ...

in order to allow the new diocese of Luleå to be formed. It was created as a subdivision to the

diocese of Linköping The Diocese of Linköping () is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 ...

, and was under the supervision of a superintendent. Only in 1678 was a bishop appointed, and Kalmar cathedral became an

episcopal see An episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with ''diocese'' ...

in the term proper. Till this day, the cathedral of Kalmar retain its rank despite no longer being the seat of a bishopric.

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Kalmar County 1603 establishments in Sweden 1915 disestablishments in Sweden Religious organizations established in 1603 Religious organizations disestablished in 1915 20th-century disestablishments in Kalmar County {{Lutheran-stub