Nationally Responsible Offices for State-Church-Relations

Austria:
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
Kultusamt
Minoritenplatz 5
1014 Vienna
Austria

Belgium:
Federale Overheidsdienst Justitie
Waterloolaan 115
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Croatia:
Committee for Relations with Religious Communities of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Savska 41
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

Czech Republic:
Ministerstvo kultury
Odbor církví
P. B. 214
Milady Horákové 139
160 41 Praha 6 – Hradcany
Czech Republic

Denmark:
Kirkeministeriet
1. Kontor - Sekretariat, kirker og trosforhold
Frederiksholms Kanal 21
Postboks 2123
1015 Copenhagen
Denmark

Estonia:
Siseministeerium (Ministry of the Interior)
Religious Affaires Department
Pikk 61
15065 Tallin
Estonia

Finland:
Ministry of Education
Internal Administration and Church Affairs
P.O. Box 29
00023 Government
Finland

France:
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Greece:
Ypourgeio Paideias kai Thriskevmaton (Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs)
Mitropoleos 15
10185 Athens
Greece

Great-Britain:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
United Kingdom

Hungary:
Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (Office of the Prime Minister)
1055 Budapest
Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3.
Hungary

Iceland:
Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Dept. of Civil Law Affairs
Arnarhvoli
150 Reykjavik
Iceland

Ireland:
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(The different ministries deal on a case by case basis with religious affairs)

Italy:
Ministero dell’Interno
Direzione Centrale per gli Affari dei culti
Palazzo Viminale
Via Agostino Depretis 7
00184 Rome
Italy

Latvia:
LR Tieslietu ministrija (Ministry of Justice)
Brīvibas bulvāris 36
Riga, LV 1536
Latvia

or:
Reliģisko lietu pārvalde (Board of Religious Affairs)
Pils laukums 4
Rīgā, LV-1050
Latvia

Lithuania:
Ministry of Justice
Service of Religious Issues
Gedimino Ave. 30
1, LT-2600 Vilnius
Lithuania

Malta:
Ministry of Justice and Home Affaire
The Joint Office
Casa Leoni
St. Joseph High Road
Santa Venera – CMR 02
Malta

The Netherlands:
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
Schedeldoekshaven 200
2511 EZ Den Haag
Netherlands

or
Postbus 20011
2500 EA Den Haag
Netherlands

Norway:
Kultur- og Kirkedepartementet
Kirkeavdelingen
P.O. Box 8030 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Norway

Portugal:
Ministério da Justiça
Gabinete de Política Legislativa e Planeamento
Av. Óscar Monteiro Torres, 39
1000-216 Lisboa
Portugal

Romania:
Ministerul Culturii si Cultelor
Piata Presei Libere nr.1
Sector 1, Bukarest
Romania

Slovakia:
Ministerstvo Kultúry SR
Cirkevný odbor
Nám. SNP 33,
813 31 Bratislava 1
Slovakia

Slovenia:
Urad Vlade za Verske Skupnosti (Office for Religious Communities)
Trzaska 21
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Spain:
Ministerio de Justicia
C/ San Bernardo, 45
28015 Madrid
Spain

Sweden:
Kulturdepartementet
Enheten för kulturarvsfragor
S-103 33 Stockholm
Sweden

Switzerland:
Church-state matters are dealt with at cantonal level. A coordination office is currently built up at:
Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei
Bundeshaus West
3003 Bern
Switzerland

 

Contents: Oliver Windgätter
Update: April 2004

Institut für Rechtspolitik an der Universität Trier