Diocese of

Tallinn

Estonia Estonia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tallinn / Tallinnen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Helsinki (↑), Mother of God at Moscow (↘), Riga (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.09.26 – ...):Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tallinn (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)
(2024.09.26 – ...)

Bishop of Tallinn (Estonia)

Omnes cum Petro ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:1960.08.30 (Dax, France)
Ordained Priest:1988.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:2005.09.10

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1988.08.20 – 2005.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Pertusa (2005.04.01 – 2024.09.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (2005.04.01 – 2024.09.26)

Bishop of Tallinn (Estonia) (2024.09.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrators of Estonia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, Opus Dei (65)
(2005.04.01 – 2024.09.26)

(see above)

Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen
(2001.11.15 – 2005.03.23)

Sancta crux mihi lux

Born:1943.08.27 (Brig, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1969.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:1994.01.06
Died:2022.08.28 (Brig, Switzerland † 79)

Priest of Sion (Switzerland) (1969.10.10 – 1993.11.13)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1976.11.29 – 1989.06.15)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1989.06.15 – 1993.11.13)

Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique (1993.11.13 – 1996.02.22)

Titular Archbishop of Glastonbury (1993.11.13 – 2022.08.28)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique (1996.02.22 – 1998.06.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia (1998.06.13 – 2001.10.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaigian (1998.06.13 – 2001.10.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia (1998.06.13 – 2001.10.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia (2001.10.25 – 2009.01.14)

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia (2001.10.25 – 2009.01.14)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania (2001.10.25 – 2009.01.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (2001.11.15 – 2005.03.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria (2009.01.14 – 2018.11.30)

Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender
(1997.08.09 – 2001.05.19)

Christus reconciliatio nostra

Born:1937.09.07 (Steingrund, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1965.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:1990.04.05
Died:2022.12.19 (Roma, Italy † 85)

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1965.10.10 – 1990.03.15)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1976.01.31 – 1986.12.02)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1986.12.02 – 1990.03.15)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan (1990.03.15 – 1997.07.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Somalia (1990.03.15 – 1997.07.09)

Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia (1990.03.15 – 2022.12.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia (1997.07.09 – 2001.05.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia (1997.07.09 – 2001.05.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania (1997.07.09 – 2001.05.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (1997.08.09 – 2001.05.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic (2001.05.19 – 2003.11.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (2003.11.25 – 2007.10.15)

Archbishop Justo Mullor García
(1992.04.15 – 1997.04.02)

Ex igne lux

Born:1932.05.08 (los Villares, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1979.05.27
Died:2016.12.30 (Roma, Italy † 84)

Priest of Almería (Spain) (1954.12.08 – 1979.03.21)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1976.01.28 – 1979.03.21)

Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta (1979.03.21 – 1994.07.28)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire (1979.03.22 – 1985.05.03)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso (1979.05.02 – 1985.05.03)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger (1979.08.25 – 1985.05.03)

Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG) (1985.05.03 – 1991.11.30)

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia (1991.11.30 – 1997.04.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia (1991.11.30 – 1997.04.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania (1991.11.30 – 1997.04.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (1992.04.15 – 1997.04.02)

Titular Archbishop of Bolsena (1994.07.28 – 2016.12.30)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (1997.04.02 – 2000.02.11)

President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (2000.02.11 – 2007.10.13)

Blessed Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J.
(1931.05.11 – 1942.02.22)

Born:1890.09.11 (Birresdorf, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1922.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1936.12.27
Died:1942.02.22 🩸 (Kirov, Russia † 51)
Beatified:2025.09.06 (Tallin, Estonia)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (1931.05.11 – 1942.02.22)

Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Hæmimonto (1936.11.27 – 1942.02.22)

Archbishop and religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J.
(1924.11.01 – 1931.05.11)

Born:1864.12.07 (Visco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1893.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1922.12.21
Died:1935.03.07 (Riga, Latvia † 70)

Titular Archbishop of Myra (1922.10.20 – 1935.03.07)

Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania (1922.10.25 – 1927)

Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia) (1924.11.01 – 1931.05.11)

Apostolic Internuncio to Latvia (1926.04.14 – 1935.03.07)

Apostolic Delegate to Estonia (1927 – 1932)

Special Churches

Churches by City (15)

Helsinki (↑), Mother of God at Moscow (↘), Riga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 45,213 km²

Population: 6,800 Catholics (0.5% of 1,390,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 13 priests (12 diocesan, 1 religious), 20 religious (1 brother, 19 sisters), 6 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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