Erik Gnupsson or Eiríkr Gnúpsson, also known as Henricus (late 11th to early 12th centuries), may have been a bishop of Greenland. Very little is known about him. Some considered him as the first bishop of America, residing at Garðar.Richard H. Clarke (1872)
"Lives of the deceased bishops of the Catholic Church of the United States", vol.1, s. 16.
Archive.org. 31 December 2014. However, the historical record does not attest to where he held his bishop's seat, and only states that he went in search of Vinland.Phillip Pulsiano, Paul Leonard Acker (1993): "Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia", p. 241. 03 January 2019. It cannot be determined from the Icelandic Annals that he went in search of an existing Norse colony in Vinland.Egmont Zechlin (1935)
"Das Problem der vorkolumbischen Entdeckung Amerikas und die Kolumbusforschung", Historische Zeitschrift, p. 15.
03 January 2019. The first official bishop in Greenland is Arnald, in 1124.

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