Diocese of Skálholt
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Diocese of Skálholt Skálholtsbiskupa | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Iceland |
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| Denomination | Church of Iceland |
| Established | 1056 (As Diocese of Skálholt) 1909 (As Suffragan Diocese of Skálholt) |
| Dissolved | 1801 (As Diocese of Skálholt) |
| Cathedral | Skálholt Cathedral |
| Suffragan | Kristján Valur Ingólfsson |
The Diocese of suffragan see, with the Bishop of Skálholt being a suffragan bishop to the Bishop of Iceland.[3]
Roman Catholic
- 1056–1080: Ísleifur Gissurarson
- 1082–1118: Gissur Ísleifsson
- 1118–1133: Þorlákur Runólfsson
- 1134–1148: Magnús Einarsson
- 1152–1176: Klængur Þorsteinsson
- 1178–1193: St. Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson
- 1195–1211: Páll Jónsson
- 1216–1237: Magnús Gissurarson
- 1238–1268: Sigvarður Þéttmarsson (Norwegian)
- 1269–1298: Árni Þorláksson
- 1304–1320: Árni Helgason
- 1321–1321: Grímur Skútuson (Norwegian)
- 1322–1339: Jón Halldórsson (Norwegian)
- 1339–1341: Jón Indriðason (Norwegian)
- 1343–1348: Jón Sigurðsson
- 1350–1360: Gyrðir Ívarsson (Norwegian)
- 1362–1364: Þórarinn Sigurðsson (Norwegian)
- 1365–1381: Oddgeir Þorsteinsson (Norwegian)
- 1382–1391: Mikael (Danish)
- 1391–1405: Vilchin Hinriksson (Danish)
- 1406–1413: Jón (Norwegian)
- 1413–1426: Árni Ólafsson
- 1426–1433: Jón Gerreksson(Danish)
- 1435–1437: Jón Vilhjálmsson Craxton (English)
- 1437–1447: Gozewijn Comhaer (Dutch)
- 1448–1462: Marcellus de Niveriis (German)
- 1462–1465: Jón Stefánsson Krabbe (Danish)
- 1466–1475: Sveinn spaki Pétursson
- 1477–1490: Magnús Eyjólfsson
- 1491–1518: Stefán Jónsson
- 1521–1540: Ögmundur Pálsson
Lutheran
- 1540–1548: Gissur Einarsson
- 1549–1557: Marteinn Einarsson
- 1558–1587: Gísli Jónsson
- 1589–1630: Oddur Einarsson
- 1632–1638: Gísli Oddsson
- 1639–1674: Brynjólfur Sveinsson
- 1674–1697: Þórður Þorláksson
- 1698–1720: Jón Vídalín
- 1722–1743: Jón Árnason
- 1744–1745: Ludvig Harboe (Danish)
- 1747–1753: Ólafur Gíslason
- 1754–1785: Finnur Jónsson
- 1777–1796: Hannes Finnsson
- 1797–1801: Geir Vídalín[4]
The diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland.
Suffragan bishopric
The see was discontinued from 1801 to 1909. It was revived in 1909 as a suffragan bishopric to the Bishop of Iceland,[5] with the bishop's cathedra in the traditional Skálholt cathedral church. In 1990, new legislation increased the authority and responsibilities of the Bishop of Skálholt as an assistant bishop in the Reykjavik diocese.[5]
- 1909–1930: Valdimar Briem
- 1931–1936: Sigurður P. Sívertsen
- 1937–1965: Bjarni Jónsson
- 1966–1983: Sigurður Pálsson
- 1983–1989: Ólafur Skúlason
- 1989–1994: Jónas Gíslason
- 1994–2010: Sigurður Sigurðarson
- 2011–2018: Kristján Valur Ingólfsson
- 2018–present: Kristján Björnsson
See also
- Bishop of Iceland
- List of Hólar bishops
References
- ^ "Skalholt South Iceland". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.jeanscape.com/skalholt/ [dead link]
- ^ "Skálholt » What is Skálholt?". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "Biskupar – Skálholt". Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0715157507.
- Additional sources
- Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ [1] (pre-Reformation bishops).
- Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.