Saint Paul's Catholic Church ( no, Sankt Paul katolske kirke) is a

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. It is located at Christies street and Nygård street between Lille Lungegårdsvann and Nygårdshøyden.

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Catholic parish includes

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(excluding

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) and

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, and was created in 1858, but the church did not come until 1870. On 31 December 2004 there were 4,044 registered

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. 5 years later, the number increased to 7,300 believers. Furthermore, it grew to more than 12,000 in 2012. There is also a

school in

, St. Paul's School. 60% of the students at this school are

. For the 12,000

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s in Bergen, St. Paul's Catholic Church seems too small to accommodate all of them. There is also St. James's Church to serve the growing community, but there are still plans to build several

churches in

. The largest groups of

s in

are

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and

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ans.Bergens Tidende - Katolikkene får bruke St. Jakob kirke
bt.no; accessed 20 September 2016.

References

External links

Saint Paul's Catholic Church, Bergen official website
Churches in Bergen 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Norway 1870 establishments in Norway {{Vestland-church-stub

See also

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