Sør-Hålogaland is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covers the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within Nordland county in

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. The diocese is headquartered in the town of Bodø at Bodø Cathedral, the seat of the presiding Bishop Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes (since 2015). The diocese is divided into eight

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History

In 1952, the old Diocese of Hålogaland (which covered all of Northern Norway) was split into two: the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland (Nordland county) and the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland (

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, Finnmark, and Svalbard).

Bishops

The bishops of Sør-Hålogaland since its creation in 1952: *1952–1959: Wollert Krohn-Hansen *1959–1969: Hans Edvard Wisløff *1969–1982: Bjarne Odd Weider *1982–1992: Fredrik Grønningsæter *1992–2006: Øystein Ingar Larsen *2007-2015: Tor Berger Jørgensen *Since 2015: Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes

Cathedral

The old church in Bodø was destroyed during

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, and after the war plans were made to replace the church and make it the cathedral for the new diocese. The foundation stone was laid in 1954 and was consecrated by Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen in 1956. There is also a memorial to those who died in Bodø during the

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Structure

The Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland is divided into eight

( 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. See each municipality below for lists of churches and parishes within them.

References

External links

Church of Norway in Bodø

Sor-Haalogaland Nordland Christian organizations established in 1952 1952 establishments in Norway Organisations based in Bodø {{Lutheran-stub