Hamar arch-deanery ( no, Hamar domprosti) is a deanery in the Diocese of Hamar which is part of the Church of Norway. This arch-deanery covers several municipalities in the central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of

Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...

Løten Løten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Løten. Other villages in the municipality include Ådalsbruk, He ...

, and Stange. The arch-deanery is headquartered at the

Hamar Cathedral Hamar Cathedral ( no, Hamar domkirke) is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Hamar within the Church of Norway. The cathedral is located in the town of Hamar which is in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is one of the churches f ...

in the city of

Hamar Municipality Hamar Municipality ( no, Hamar kommune; ) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. Other settlements in Hamar i ...

History

Prior to the protestant reformation in Norway, the Ancient Diocese of Hamar oversaw this part of the Kingdom. After the reformation, the old diocese was closed down and merged into another diocese. The re-creation of the Diocese of Hamar was initiated with a Royal Resolution dated February 27, 1864, effective October 1, 1864. All of the old deaneries were continued on in the new diocese. Also on October 1, 1864 the old Hedemarken prosti was divided in two: Hamar arch-deanery ( no, Hamar stiftprosti) and Hedemarken prosti. The new Hamar arch-deanery consisted of the Vang Church

prestegjeld A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a di ...

and the parish priest at Vang Church also was named the dean of the deanery. On May 1, 1908, the newly established parishes of Furnes and Hamar also became part of the Hamar arch-deanery (in addition to the Vang parish). The changed its name in 1922 to . On January 1, 1972, Hedemarken prosti was abolished and incorporated into the Hamar arch-deanery. In 2007, all the parishes in

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the ...

municipality were transferred out of the Hamar arch-deanery and into the newly created

Ringsaker prosti The list of churches in Hamar is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Hamar which includes all of Innlandet county (plus two municipalities in Viken county) in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each ...

that was based in

Moelv Moelv is a town in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is located along the shores of the lake Mjøsa, about south of the town of Lillehammer and about the same distance northwest of the town of Hamar. Moelv is the se ...

at Ringsaker Church.

Churches

The arch-deanery includes many churches and chapels in the three municipalities. Each municipality makes up a clerical district which in turn is divided into one or more parishes. There is at least one church for each parish. In addition, there are chapels at Hamar Hospital, Hamar Prison, and Ilseng Prison which are part of the Hamar arch-deanery.

Priests

The following parish priests for Vang Church were also the deanery priests. *1846-1876:

Paul Vinsnes Paul Vinsnes (18 October 1794 – 23 August 1889) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Biography Vinsnes was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Johan Fredrik Winsnes (1768–1838) and his wife Barbara Holm (1774–1828). Hi ...

*1876-1887: Arnoldus Marius Hille *1888-1889: Oluf Saxe *1890-1908: David Christopher Frich *1908-1917: Hans Emil Erichsen *1917-1922: Mikkel Bjønness-Jacobsen *1922-1931: Olaf Riddervold-Olsen *1931-1939: Jørgen Thronsen *1940-1949: Sverre Jervell *1950-1963: Hans Finstad *1963-1972: Anders Aschim *1972-1980: Herman Kvarving *1980-1985: Christian Martin Myhre-Nielsen *1985-1997: Nils Kristian Lie *1997-2012: Ole Elias Holck *2012-2020: Leif Jørn Hvidsten *2020-present: Kirsten Almås

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=August 2020 Deaneries in Hamar Diocese