Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros bispedømme Nidarosen bæspatjïelte | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Norway |
| Territory | Trøndelag county |
| Deaneries | 9 prosti (2021)[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 121 (2021)[1] |
| Members | 357,914 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Established | 1068 |
| Cathedral | Nidaros Cathedral |
| Language | Norwegian, Southern Sámi |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Herborg Finnset, Bishop of Nidaros Olav Fykse Tveit, Bishop Preses in Nidaros |
| Map | |
 Location of the Diocese of Nidaros | |
| Website | |
| kirken.no/nidaros | |
Nidaros is a
Nidaros domprosti (deanery) in Trondheim, the Bishop of Nidaros holds episcopal authority of the other eight deaneries as well as the language based parish of the Southern Sámi
.
History
The diocese of Nidaros was established in 1068. It originally covered the (modern) counties of
Archdiocese of Nidaros
some time after 1152 – to secure it more income.
The northern part of Østerdalen was transferred to the
Innset was transferred from Diocese of Hamar to Nidaros in 1966. The regions of Nordmøre and Romsdal (together with Sunnmøre from Bjørgvin) were established as a diocese of its own (Diocese of Møre
) in 1983.
Structure
The Diocese of Nidaros is divided into nine
Bishop of Oslo.[1]
| Deanery (Prosti) | Municipalities |
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Nidaros domprosti |
Trondheim |
Heimdal og Byåsen prosti |
Trondheim |
Strinda prosti |
Trondheim |
Fosen prosti |
Indre Fosen, Osen, Ørland, Åfjord |
Orkdal prosti |
Frøya, Heim, Hitra, Orkland, Rindal, Skaun |
Gauldal prosti |
Holtålen, Melhus, Midtre Gauldal, Oppdal, Rennebu, Røros |
Stjørdal prosti |
Malvik, Meråker, Selbu, Stjørdal, Tydal |
| Stiklestad prosti | Frosta, Inderøy, Levanger, Snåsa, Steinkjer, Verdal |
Namdal prosti |
Flatanger, Grong, Høylandet, Leka, Lierne, Namsos, Namsskogan, Nærøysund, Overhalla, Røyrvik |
Bishops
The bishops of Nidaros since the
Catholicism to Lutheranism
:
- 1546–1548 Torbjørn Bratt
- 1549–1578 Hans Gaas
- 1578–1595 Hans Mogenssøn
- 1596–1617 Isak Grønbech
- 1618–1622 Anders Arrebo
- 1622–1642 Peder Skjelderup
- 1643–1672 Erik Bredal
- 1672–1672 Arnold de Fine
- 1673–1678 Erik Eriksen Pontoppidan d.e.
- 1678–1688 Christopher Hanssen Schletter
- 1689–1731 Peder Krog
- 1731–1743 Eiler Hansen Hagerup
- 1743–1748 Ludvig Harboe
- 1748–1758 Frederik Nannestad
- 1758–1773 Johan Ernst Gunnerus
- 1773–1789 Marcus Fredrik Bang
- 1788–1803 Johan Christian Schønheyder
- 1804–1842 Peder Olivarius Bugge
- 1843–1849 Hans Riddervold
- 1849–1860 Hans Jørgen Darre
- 1861–1883 Andreas Grimelund
- 1884–1892 Niels Laache
- 1892–1905 Johannes Nilssøn Skaar
- 1905–1909 Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen
- 1909–1923 Peter W. K. Bøckman Sr.
- 1923–1928 Jens Gran Gleditsch
- 1928–1942 Johan Nicolai Støren
- 1945–1960 Arne Fjellbu
- 1960–1979 Tord Godal
- 1979–1991 Kristen Kyrre Bremer
- 1991–2008 Finn Wagle
- 2008–2017 Tor Singsaas[2]
- 2017–present Herborg Finnset
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Oversikt for Nidaros bispedømme" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Church of Norway, Diocese of Nidaros. May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Jacobsen, Håkon; Jonassen, Trine Høklie. "Her er den nye biskopen in Nidaros" (in Norwegian). Trondheim: Adressavisen. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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