Nidaros is a

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in the

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Church of Norway. It covers

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county in

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and its cathedral city is

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg Finnset. The Bishop Preses, currently Olav Fykse Tveit is also based at the Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into nine

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''(prosti)''. While the Bishop Preses holds episcopal responsibility within the

Nidaros domprosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(deanery) in

, the Bishop of Nidaros holds episcopal authority of the other eight deaneries as well as the language based parish of the

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History

The diocese of Nidaros was established in 1068. It originally covered the (modern) counties of

, Nordland,

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

, and

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

, along with the regions of

Nordmøre Nordmøre (English: North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Halsa ...

and

Romsdal Romsdal is a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named after ...

(in Møre og Romsdal county) and

Härjedalen Härjedalen (; no, Herjådalen or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the centre of Sweden. It borders the Norwegian county of Trøndelag as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland. The province origi ...

(in Sweden), and also the northern part of

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. It includes the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal ...

( Tynset, Tolga, and Os). The region of Sunnmøre (in Møre og Romsdal) was transferred from Diocese of Bjørgvin to the new Archdiocese of Nidaros some time after 1152 – to secure it more income. The northern part of Østerdalen was transferred to the Diocese of Oslo some time after 1537. The province of Jämtland was transferred from Diocese of Uppsala to Nidaros in 1570. The region of Sunnmøre was transferred (back) from Nidaros to the Diocese of Bjørgvin in 1622. The provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen were lost to Sweden in 1645. Northern Norway was established as a diocese of its own in 1804 (formally first in 1844). The parish of 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

( no, Prosti). Each one corresponds to several municipalities in the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

es which each contain one or more congregations. In addition, the Parish of the

language area fall under the Bishop of Nidaros authority, while the Trondheim parish of the Deaf is pastored by the Deanery of Church of the Deaf and the

Bishop of Oslo Oslo bishopric is the Church of Norway's bishopric for the municipalities of Oslo, Asker and Bærum. It is one of Norway's five traditional bishoprics and was founded around the year 1070. History Oslo was established as a diocese in 1068. It w ...

Bishops

The bishops of Nidaros since the

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when Norway switched from

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: *1546–1548 Torbjørn Bratt *1549–1578 Hans Gaas *1578–1595 Hans Mogenssøn *1596–1617

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*1618–1622 Anders Arrebo *1622–1642

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*1643–1672

Erik Bredal Erik Bredal (1608 – 18 May 1672) was a Danish-born, Norwegian Lutheranism, Lutheran Bishop. Erik Bredal was born in the town of Rudkøbing, on the island of Langeland in south-central Denmark. Bredal came from a clerical family. His fathe ...

*1672–1672

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*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 Peder Olivarius Bugge (2 December 1764 – 6 December 1849) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1804 until 1842. Biography Peder Olivarius Bugge was born at Holt in Nedenes county, Norway. ...

*1843–1849

Hans Riddervold Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Personal life He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1 ...

*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 Arne Fjellbu (19 December 1890 – 9 October 1962) was a Norwegian bishop. During World War II, he played a central role in the Church's resistance against the Nazi authorities. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1945 to 1960. Ear ...

*1960–1979 Tord Godal *1979–1991 Kristen Kyrre Bremer *1991–2008 Finn Wagle *2008–2017

Tor Singsaas Tor Singsaas (born 1 February 1948) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and the former bishop in the Diocese of Nidaros. Background Singsaas was born and baptized in Hølonda, Norway and grew up in Buvika and Melhus. His father was a general store ...

*2017–present Herborg Finnset

References

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