Roman Catholic Diocese of Helsinki

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Diocese of Helsinki Dioecesis Helsinkiensis Helsingin hiippakunta (Finnish) Helsingfors stift (Swedish)
Location
Country	Finland
Territory	All Finland
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Coordinates	60°9′33.04″N 24°57′15.98″E / 60.1591778°N 24.9544389°E / 60.1591778; 24.9544389
Statistics
Area	338,424 km2 (130,666 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2018) 5,501,267 15,000[1] ( 0.2%)
Parishes	8
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1920 Established as Vicariate Apostolic of Finland; 1955 Erected as Diocese of Helsinki
Cathedral	St. Henry's Cathedral
Secular priests	30
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Raimo Goyarrola
Map
The diocese of Helsinki comprises the entirety of the Republic of Finland. Helsinki is marked as a red dot.
Website
katolinen.fi

The Diocese of Helsinki (Latin: Dioecesis Helsinkiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church based in Helsinki, which comprises the whole of Finland. The diocese is divided into eight parishes. As of 2018, there are 15,000 registered and 10,000 unregistered Catholics living in Finland. There are more than 6,000 Catholic families in the country; 50 percent are Finnish and 50 percent are of international origin.

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola of Spain was chosen by Pope Francis to lead the diocese in September 2023.^[2] The bishopric was vacant from May 2019 when Bishop Teemu Sippo resigned due to poor health.^[3]