The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the

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. 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 into 10 deaneries and 164 parishes in the diocese. The seat of the Diocese of Hamar is located at the Hamar Cathedral ( no, Hamar domkirke) in the city of Hamar.

History

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamar was formed in the year 1152 when it was separated from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christiania. At the time of the Protestant Reformation in Norway in 1536, the Archbishop and the bishops were removed and the Diocese of Hamar once again came under the Diocese of Christiania within the new Lutheran Church of Norway.

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was the last Roman Catholic bishop of the

Ancient Diocese of Hamar The former Norwegian Catholic diocese of Hamar existed from 1152 to 1542, when the Protestant Reformation turned it into a bishopric of the Lutheran state church. The cathedral see was at Hamar, and the diocese included the (modern) counties of H ...

. In 1864, the Lutheran Diocese of Hamar was established when it was separated from the Diocese of Christiania.

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was the first bishop of this new Diocese of Hamar. The Hamar Cathedral was

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on 15 December 1866 and it was established as the seat of the new Diocese of Hamar. On 1 January 2022, the churches in Jevnaker municipality were transferred to the

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 ...

in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Structure

The Diocese of Hamar is divided into ten deaneries ( no, Prosti) spread out over Innlandet and Viken counties. Each deanery corresponds a geographical area, usually one or more municipalities within the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more parishes which each contain one or more congregations.

List of bishops

The following bishops have led the diocese since its creation in 1864: *1864–1887:

*1887–1906:

Arnoldus Hille Arnoldus Marius Hille (14 March 1829 – 7 January 1919) was a Norwegian Lutheran Bishop. Biography Hille was born at Leikanger in Nordre Bergenhus, Norway. He was the son of Wollert Krohn Hille (1796-1860) and Elisabeth Marie Hess Lem (179 ...

*1906–1917:

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*1917–1918:

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*1918–1922:

Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson (8 April 1855 – 19 March 1922) was a Norwegian theologian and priest. He served as bishop of both the Diocese of Hålogaland and the Diocese of Hamar. Dietrichson was born in the state of Wisconsin. His pare ...

*1922–1934:

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*1934–1942:

Henrik Hille Henrik Greve Hille (1 October 1881 – 31 May 1946) was a Norwegian clergyman. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Hamar from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1945 until 1946. Biography He was born at Vang in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of ...

*1942–1943:

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(appointed by Nasjonal Samling) *1943–1945:

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(appointed by Nasjonal Samling) *1945–1947:

*1947–1964: Kristian Schjelderup *1964–1974: Alexander Johnson *1974–1993:

Georg Hille Georg Hille (born 28 December 1923) is a Norwegian clergyman. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Hamar from 1974 to 1993. Hille was born in Varteig as the son of bishop Henrik Greve Hille, and grandson of Arnoldus Hille. He graduated as cand. ...

*1993–2006:

Rosemarie Köhn Rosemarie Köhn (20 October 1939 – 30 October 2022) was a bishop of the Church of Norway, holding that position in the Diocese of Hamar from 20 May 1993 to 1 November 2006. Biography Köhn was born to a German father and Norwegian mother and ...

*2006–present:

Solveig Fiske Solveig Margrete Fiske (born 26 October 1952) is a theologian and bishop emerita in the Church of Norway, serving as the bishop of Hamar between 2006 and 2022, when she retired. Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the ...

References

External links

Hamar bispedømme
Norges Kirker {{Bishops of Norway Organisations based in Hamar Hamar Religious organizations established in 1864 1864 establishments in Norway