Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral ( no, Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II (c. 995–1030, reigned 1015–102 ...

. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is

Herborg Finnset Herborg Oline Finnset (born 28 March 1961 in Sørreisa, Troms) is a Norwegian prelate of the Church of Norway who is the Bishop of Nidaros as of 2018. Biography Finnset was pastor of Strinda parish in the Diocese of Nidaros, and later became Dean ...

. The Bishop Preses, currently Olav Fykse Tveit is also based at the

. The diocese is divided into nine deaneries ''(prosti)''. While the Bishop Preses holds episcopal responsibility within the 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 Trøndelag,

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

, Troms, and Finnmark, along with the regions of Nordmøre and Romsdal (in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county) and Härjedalen (in

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), and also the northern part of Østerdalen ( Tynset, Tolga, and Os). The region of

Sunnmøre Sunnmøre (, en, South- Møre) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities ( no, kommuner) of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal ...

(in

) was transferred from

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin ( no, Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway. The cathedral city is Bergen, Norway's second ...

to the new

Archdiocese of Nidaros The Archdiocese of Nidaros (or Niðaróss) was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim). The archdiocese existed from the middle of the twelfth cent ...

some time after 1152 – to secure it more income. The northern part of Østerdalen was transferred to the

Diocese 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 ...

some time after 1537. The province of

Jämtland Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a ...

was transferred from

Diocese of Uppsala The Archdiocese of Uppsala ( sv, Uppsala ärkestift) is one of the thirteen dioceses of the Church of Sweden and the only one having the status of an archdiocese. Lutheran archdiocese Uppsala is the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala. Th ...

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

in 1645.

Northern Norway Northern Norway ( nb, Nord-Norge, , nn, Nord-Noreg; se, Davvi-Norga) is a geographical Regions of Norway, region of Norway, consisting of the two northernmost counties Nordland and Troms og Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainlan ...

was established as a diocese of its own in 1804 (formally first in 1844). The parish of Innset was transferred from

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner in Viken county. Administratively, the diocese is divided ...

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 deaneries ( no, Prosti). Each one corresponds to several municipalities in the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more parishes which each contain one or more congregations. In addition, the Parish of the Southern Sámi 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.

Bishops

The bishops of Nidaros since the Protestant Reformation when Norway switched from Catholicism to Lutheranism: *1546–1548

Torbjørn Bratt Torbjørn Olavssøn Bratt ( c.1502–1548) was a Norwegian clergyman. He was the first bishop of Trondheim, after the introduction of the Protestant Reformation in Norway. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem from 1546 until 1548. ...

*1549–1578

Hans Gaas Hans Gaas ( c.1500 – 17 September 1578) was a Danish-Norwegian clergyman. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros in the aftermath of the introduction of Lutheranism into Norway. Gaas was born in Svendborg on the island of Funen in Denmark. ...

*1578–1595

Hans Mogenssøn Hans Mogenssøn (also ''Mogensen'', born about 1525 in Copenhagen, died 30 November 1595) was a Danish priest and the third Lutheran bishop in Trondheim. Life Mogenssøn first studied at Copenhagen University, before continuing his studies at Germ ...

*1596–1617 Isak Grønbech *1618–1622

Anders Arrebo Anders Christensen Arrebo (2 January 1587 in Ærøskøbing – 12 March 1637) was a Danish poet and Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century ...

*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 Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

*1689–1731 Peder Krog *1731–1743

Eiler Hansen Hagerup Eiler Hansen Hagerup or Eiler Hagerup d.e. (25 November 1685 – 15 April 1743) was a Norwegian theologian and priest. He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem from 1731 until his death in 1743. Personal life Eiler Hagerup was born on 2 ...

*1743–1748 Ludvig Harboe *1748–1758

Frederik Nannestad Frederik Nannestad (21 October 1693 – 11 August 1774) was a Norwegian theologian, author, and bishop. Biography Frederik Nannestad was born at Eidsberg in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of Christopher Jenssen Nannestad (1633–1707) and h ...

*1758–1773 Johan Ernst Gunnerus *1773–1789

Marcus Fredrik Bang Marcus Fredrik Bang (November 1711 – 15 June 1789) was a Danish-Norwegian priest. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem from 1773 until 1787. He was born in Næstved, Denmark in 1711 and died in 1789 in Trondheim, Norway. He had his ...

*1788–1803

Johan Christian Schønheyder Johan Christian Schønheyder (9 August 1742 – 14 April 1803) was a Danish-Norwegian priest. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem from 1788 until 1803. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1742 and died in 1803 in Trondheim, Norwa ...

*1804–1842 Peder Olivarius Bugge *1843–1849 Hans Riddervold *1849–1860

Hans Jørgen Darre Hans Jørgen Darre (27 September 1803 – 11 March 1874) was a Norwegian clergyman and Bishop of Nidaros. Darre was born at Klæbu in Søndre Trondhjem, Norway. He was the son of the vicar in Klæbo and constitutional founding father, Jacob He ...

*1861–1883

Andreas Grimelund Andreas Grimelund (26 January 1812 – 3 January 1896) was a Norwegian bishop. The son of a farmer in Aker, he graduated as cand.theol. in 1835. He became residing chaplain in Nannestad in 1844 and Ullensaker in 1847. He was a teacher at the the ...

*1884–1892

Niels Laache Niels Jacob Jensen Laache (6 November 1831 – 5 February 1892) was a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop. Laache was born in 1831 in Ullensaker, Norway. He received his theology degree in 1858 and became a priest in 1863. For the next 2 ...

*1892–1905 Johannes Nilssøn Skaar *1905–1909

Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen (5 June 1849 – 9 July 1909) was a Norwegian bishop and politician for the Liberal Party. He served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament, was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1891 to 1892 and from 1 ...

*1909–1923 Peter W. K. Bøckman Sr. *1923–1928

Jens Gran Gleditsch Jens Gran Gleditsch (1860–1931) was a Norwegian bishop and theologian. He was a brother of Kristen Gran Gleditsch. Gleditsch was born on 6 December 1860 in Voss, Søndre Bergenhus, Norway. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1883 from the ...

*1928–1942

Johan Nicolai Støren Johan Nicolai Støren (22 July 1871 – 14 November 1956) was a Norwegian bishop and theologian. Education and career Støren was born in Trysil, Hedmark county, Norway, the son of vicar Abraham Wilhelm Støren and his wife Lagertha Johanne Diri ...

*1945–1960 Arne Fjellbu *1960–1979 Tord Godal *1979–1991 Kristen Kyrre Bremer *1991–2008 Finn Wagle *2008–2017 Tor Singsaas *2017–present

References

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Nidaros Nidaros, Niðarós or Niðaróss () was the medieval name of Trondheim when it was the capital of Norway's first Christian kings. It was named for its position at the mouth (Old Norse: ''óss'') of the River Nid (the present-day Nidelva). Althou ...

Organisations based in Trondheim 1068 establishments in Europe 11th-century establishments in Norway Former Catholic dioceses in Sweden

History

Structure

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See also

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