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Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; ) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá, Árnessýsla, Hvítá. History Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established ...
( ) is a
suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandr ...
of the
Church of Iceland The Church of Iceland (), officially the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (), is the State religion, national church of Iceland. The church is Christian and professes the Lutheranism, Lutheran faith. It is a member of the Lutheran World ...
. It was the estate of the first bishop in Iceland, Isleifr Gizurarson, who became bishop in 1056. (Christianity had been formally adopted in 1000). His son, Gizurr, donated it to become the official see. The Diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland under the leadership of the
Bishop of Iceland The following is a list of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, Evangelical Lutheran bishops of Iceland. The first bishop of Iceland was Geir Vídalín who took office in 1801. As of 2024, 15 people have held the office of Bishop of Iceland. Li ...
. In 1909, the diocese was restored as a
suffragan see A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, ...
, with the Bishop of Skálholt being a suffragan bishop to the
Bishop of Iceland The following is a list of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, Evangelical Lutheran bishops of Iceland. The first bishop of Iceland was Geir Vídalín who took office in 1801. As of 2024, 15 people have held the office of Bishop of Iceland. Li ...
.


Roman Catholic

* 1056–1080:
Ísleifur Gissurarson Ísleifur Gissurarson (c. 1006 – 5 July 1080), an Icelandic clergyman, became the first bishop of Iceland, following the adoption of Christianity in 1000 AD. His parents were Gissur Teitsson and Þórdís Þóroddsdóttir. After studying in ...
* 1082–1118:
Gissur Ísleifsson Gissur Ísleifsson (c. 1042–1118; Modern Icelandic: ; Old Norse: ) was an Icelandic clergyman who, in 1082, became the second Catholic bishop of Iceland in the aftermath of the adoption of Christianity by the island's inhabitants. He followed ...
* 1118–1133:
Þorlákur Runólfsson Þorlákur Runólfsson (1086–1133; Modern Icelandic: ; Old Norse: ) was an Icelandic clergyman, who became the third bishop of Iceland from 1118 to his death in 1133, following the adoption of Christianity in 1000. He served in the diocese o ...
* 1134–1148:
Magnús Einarsson Magnús Einarsson (, ; 1092 – September 30, 1148) was an Icelandic Catholic clergyman who became the fourth bishop of Skálholt from 1134 to 1148. He served the diocese of Skálholt. According to Hungrvaka, he intended to build a monastery o ...
* 1152–1176:
Klængur Þorsteinsson Klængur Þorsteinsson (110228 February 1176; Modern Icelandic: ; Old Norse: ) was an Icelandic Catholic clergyman, who became the fifth bishop of Iceland from 1152 to 1176. He served in the diocese of Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; ) ...
* 1178–1193: St.
Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson Thorlak Thorhallsson ( Icelandic: ''Þorlákur Þórhallsson''; 1133 – 23 December 1193) is the patron saint of Iceland. He was Bishop of Skálholt from 1178 until his death. Thorlak's relics were translated to the Cathedral of Skalholt in 1 ...
* 1195–1211:
Páll Jónsson Páll Jónsson (, ; 1155 – November 29, 1211) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the seventh bishop of Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic ...
* 1216–1237:
Magnús Gissurarson Magnús Gissurarson (; ; ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the eighth bishop of Iceland from 1216 to 1237. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. Magnús Gissurarson was married and had two sons. See also *List of Skálholt ...
* 1238–1268:
Sigvarður Þéttmarsson Sigvarður Þéttmarsson (died 1268) was a Norwegian born, Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the ninth bishop of Iceland from 1238 to his death in 1268. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. See also *List of Skálholt bishops ...
(Norwegian) * 1269–1298:
Árni Þorláksson Árni Þorláksson (1237 – 17 April 1298; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the tenth bishop of Iceland (1269–1298). He served in the diocese of Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic ...
* 1304–1320:
Árni Helgason Árni Helgason (c. 1260 – 21 January 1320; Modern Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the eleventh bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, au ...
* 1321–1321:
Grímur Skútuson Grímur Skútuson (died 1321) was a Norwegian Roman Catholic clergyman, and monk, he was consecrated as bishop of Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on t ...
(Norwegian) * 1322–1339:
Jón Halldórsson Jón Halldórsson, OP (; – 2 February 1339) was a Norwegian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Iceland from 1322 to 1339. He previously served in the Diocese of Skálholt and was a member of the Dominican Order The Order of Pre ...
(Norwegian) * 1339–1341:
Jón Indriðason Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...
(Norwegian) * 1343–1348:
Jón Sigurðsson Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century icelandic nationalism, Icelandic independence movement. Biography Born at Hrafnseyri, in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of ...
* 1350–1360: Gyrðir Ívarsson (Norwegian) * 1362–1364: Þórarinn Sigurðsson (Norwegian) * 1365–1381: Oddgeir Þorsteinsson (Norwegian) * 1382–1391: Mikael (Danish) * 1391–1405: Vilchin Hinriksson (Danish) * 1406–1413:
Jón Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...
(Norwegian) * 1413–1426: Árni Ólafsson * 1426–1433:
Jón Gerreksson Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...
(Danish) * 1435–1437: Jón Vilhjálmsson Craxton (English) * 1437–1447: Gozewijn Comhaer (Dutch) * 1448–1462:
Marcellus de Niveriis Marcellus de Niveriis, O.F.M., also known as Marcellus of Skálholt (d. 1460 or 1462, at sea, near the coast of Sweden), was a German Franciscan and an adventurer who was the 26th Bishop of Skálholt from 1448 until his death, although he never ...
(German) * 1462–1465: Jón Stefánsson Krabbe (Danish) * 1466–1475: Sveinn spaki Pétursson * 1477–1490: Magnús Eyjólfsson * 1491–1518: Stefán Jónsson * 1521–1540:
Ögmundur Pálsson Ögmundur Pálsson, O.E.S.A. (c. 1475 – 13 July 1541; Modern Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate, who was the last Catholic bishop of the Icelandic diocese of Skálholt, from 1521 until 1540. He was the son of Páll Guð ...


Lutheran

*1540–1548:
Gissur Einarsson Gissur Einarsson (c. 1512 – 24 March 1548; Modern Icelandic: ) was a bishop in Skálholt from 1540 to his death, and the first Lutheran bishop in Iceland. Gissur was the son of Einar Sigvaldason on Hraun í Landbroti and of Gunnhildur Jónsdó ...
*1549–1557:
Marteinn Einarsson ’Marteinn Einarsson (died 7 October 1576) was bishop of Skálholt from 1548 to 1556. He was the second Lutheran bishop and was directly involved in the Icelandic Reformation. Early life Marteinn was born in Staðarstaður on the Snæfellsnes ...
*1558–1587: Gísli Jónsson *1589–1630: Oddur Einarsson *1632–1638: Gísli Oddsson *1639–1674:
Brynjólfur Sveinsson Brynjólfur Sveinsson (14 September 1605 – 5 August 1675) served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. Brynjólfur is also known for his support ...
*1674–1697:
Þórður Þorláksson Þórður Þorláksson (14 August 163717 March 1697), also known by the Latinized name Theodorus Thorlacius, was the Lutheran bishop of Skálholt from 1674 until his death. Under Þórður's direction, the Church of Iceland's printing press was ...
*1698–1720: Jón Vídalín *1722–1743: Jón Árnason *1744–1745:
Ludvig Harboe Ludvig Harboe (16 August 1709 – 15 June 1783) was a Danish theologian and bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1757 until his death. Harboe was born at Broager Peninsula in Sønderborg, Denmark. He was mostly educated in Germany. He at ...
(Danish) *1747–1753:
Ólafur Gíslason Ólafur Gíslason (born 16 November 1936) is an Icelandic footballer. He played in two matches for the Iceland national football team The Iceland national football team () represents Iceland in men's international Association football, foot ...
*1754–1785:
Finnur Jónsson Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen. He made extensive contributions to the study of Old Norse literature. Finnur Jónsson was born a ...
*1777–1796:
Hannes Finnsson Hannes is a masculine given name and a diminutive of Johannes or Hannibal. Hannes may refer to: *Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995), Swedish chemist and Nobel-prize winner *Hannes Aigner (born 1989), German slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist *Hannes A ...
*1797–1801:
Geir Vídalín Geir Vídalín Jónsson (27 October 1761 – 20 September 1823) was an Icelandic prelate who was the last diocesan Bishop of Skálholt from 1797 till 1801 when he became the first Bishop of Iceland. Biography Geir was the son of Jón Jónsson a ...
The diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland.


Suffragan bishopric

The see was discontinued from 1801 to 1909. It was revived in 1909 as a suffragan bishopric to the Bishop of Iceland, with the bishop's cathedra in the traditional Skálholt cathedral church. In 1990, new legislation increased the authority and responsibilities of the Bishop of Skálholt as an assistant bishop in the Reykjavik diocese. *1909–1930:
Valdimar Briem Valdimar Briem (1 February 1848 - 3 May 1930) was an Icelandic poet, prelate, hymnwriter and translator. He served as the first Suffragan Bishop of Skálholt from 1909 till 1930. Biography Briem was born at Grund in Eyjafjörður. His father was ...
*1931–1936: Sigurður P. Sívertsen *1937–1965: Bjarni Jónsson *1966–1983: Sigurður Pálsson *1983–1989: Ólafur Skúlason *1989–1994: Jónas Gíslason *1994–2010: Sigurður Sigurðarson *2011–2018:
Kristján Valur Ingólfsson Kristján Valur Ingólfsson (born 28 October 1947) is an Icelandic prelate, theologian and lecturer who served as Bishop of Skálholt and suffragan of the Bishop of Iceland from 2011 to 2018. Early life Kristján Valur Ingólfsson was born on 28 ...
*2018–present: Kristján Björnsson


See also

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Bishop of Iceland The following is a list of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, Evangelical Lutheran bishops of Iceland. The first bishop of Iceland was Geir Vídalín who took office in 1801. As of 2024, 15 people have held the office of Bishop of Iceland. Li ...
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List of Hólar bishops A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


References

;Additional sources * Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610

(pre-Reformation bishops). * Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Skalholt bishops History of Christianity in Iceland Church of Iceland
Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; ) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá, Árnessýsla, Hvítá. History Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established ...
Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; ) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá, Árnessýsla, Hvítá. History Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established ...
Skálholt Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; ) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá, Árnessýsla, Hvítá. History Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established ...