The

Diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

() is a division in the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

. The Cathedral is located at Trädgårdsgatan in Härnösand.

History

The diocese was established in 1647. In 1904, the diocese of Luleå was formed, breaking away from the diocese of Härnösand. Between 1994-2004, several churches of the diocese experienced a series of thefts.

Parishes

The diocese is divided into 10

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with 113 parishes, these among others: * Anundsjö *

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...

* Offerdal *

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

* Sidensjö *

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. History The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name ...

* Tännäs * Torsåker * Ytterlännäs

Bishops

*Petri Erici Steuchius (1647-1683) *

Mathias Steuchius Mathias Steuchius (; 26 October 1644 – 2 August 1730) was Bishop of the Diocese of Lund, 1694 to 1714 and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Swedish Church from 1714 to his death. Steuchius was born in Fogdö, and grew up in Härnösand in northern ...

(1683-1694) * Julius Micrander (1695-1702) *Georgius Nicolai Wallin (1703–1723) *Petrus Jonæ Asp (1723–1726) *Nicolaus Sternell (1728–1744) *Olof Kiörning (1746–1778) *Eric Hesselgren (1779–1803) *

Carl Gustaf Nordin Carl Gustaf Nordin (born 2 January 1749 in Stockholm, died 14 March 1812 in Härnösand) was a Swedish statesman, historian and ecclesiastic. Early life In 1774, he was made docent of Gothic antiquities at Uppsala University in consequence of h ...

(1805–1812) *Erik Abraham Almquist (1814–1830) *

Frans Michael Franzén Frans Michael Franzén (9 February 1772 – 14 August 1847) was a Swedish people, Swedish-Finland, Finnish poet and clergyman. He served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Härnösand. Biography Franzén was born in Oulu (), Northern Ostrobothnia ...

(1832–1847) *Israel Bergman (1848–1864) *Anders Fredrik Beckman (1865–1875) *Lars Landgren (1876–1888) * Martin Johansson (1888–1908) *Ernst Frithiof Lönegren (1910–1934) *Torsten Bohlin (1935–1950) * Gunnar Hultgren (1951–1958) * Ruben Josefson (1958–1967) * Arne Palmqvist (1967–1975) * Bertil Werkström (1975–1983) *Bengt G. Hallgren (1983–1991) *Karl-Johan Tyrberg (1991–2001) *Tony Guldbrandzén (2001–2009) * Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund (2009–2014) * Eva Nordung Byström (2014–present)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harnosand Västernorrland County 1647 establishments in Sweden Religious organizations established in 1647