Titran Chapel ( no, Titran kapell) is a parish church of the

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 ...

in Frøya municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of

Titran Titran is a village in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the western end of the island of Frøya, about west of the villages of Hammarvika and Sistranda. The Sletringen Lighthouse is located on a sm ...

on the western tip of the island of Frøya. It is one of several churches for the Frøya parish which is part of the

Orkdal prosti 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 A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1873 by the builder Petter Snekker. The church seats about 200 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was not new that year. The church was likely established around the year 1433. The church was in regular use until 1762, with a last service being held on 22 January 1774, but by then the church was in such poor condition that the service was held outside. The population of Titran had dropped due to changes in the local fishing situation, so the church was closed and parishioners had to travel to Dolm Church, about away by boat. By 1780, only the walls remained as the roof had already fallen in. The church was then torn down, but the cemetery continued to be used until 1930. About 100 years later, there was a push for a new chapel in Titran. In 1873, a new octagonal prayer house was built by Petter Snekker about west of the historic church site. In 1912, a choir was added to the west and a church porch with a priest's

sacristy A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. The sacristy is usually located ...

and a baptismal waiting room in the east. The building was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

as a chapel on 4 December 1912.

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