The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) 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 associ ...

within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). ...

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 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 ...

( no, Hamar domkirke) in the city 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 lak ...

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 The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and i ...

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. Mogens Lauritsson 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. Halvor Olsen Folkestad was the first bishop of this new Diocese of Hamar. The

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), Viken county) in Norway. The list is divided into several sections ...

in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Structure

The Diocese of Hamar is divided into ten deaneries ( no, Prosti) spread out over

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

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 or ...

es which each contain one or more congregations.

List of bishops

The following bishops have led the diocese since its creation in 1864: *1864–1887: Halvor Olsen Folkestad *1887–1906: Arnoldus Hille *1906–1917:

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*1917–1918: Otto Jensen *1918–1922: Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson *1922–1934: Mikkel Bjønness-Jacobsen *1934–1942: Henrik Hille *1942–1943: Georg Falck-Hansen (appointed by Nasjonal Samling) *1943–1945: Sigurd Haga (appointed by Nasjonal Samling) *1945–1947: Henrik Hille *1947–1964: Kristian Schjelderup *1964–1974: Alexander Johnson *1974–1993: Georg Hille *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 F ...

References

External links

Hamar bispedømme
Norges Kirker {{Bishops of Norway Organisations based in Hamar

Religious organizations established in 1864 1864 establishments in Norway