Diocese of Bjørgvin
| Diocese of Bjørgvin (Bergen) Bjorgvin bispedomme |
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 Bishop Halvor Nordhaug |
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| Location | |
| Country | Norway |
| Ecclesiastical province | Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Deaneries | 13 prosti |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 34,083 km2 (13,160 sq mi) |
| Population - Total |
(as of 2010) 584,255 |
| Parishes | 189 |
| Members | 489,044 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Cathedral | Bergen Domkirke |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Halvor Nordhaug |
| Website | |
| kirken.no/bjorgvin | |
Bjørgvin Diocese (Bjørgvin bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers churches located in the counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. The cathedral city is Bergen. Bergen Cathedral, formerly the Church of Saint Olaf, serves as the seat of the presiding Bishop. The bishop since 2008 has been Halvor Nordhaug.[1]
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[edit] History of the diocese since 1537
In 1537 the diocese consisted of the (modern) counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane (with exception of the parishes Eidfjord and Røldal). The region Sunnmøre was transferred from the Diocese of Nidaros to Bjørgvin in 1622. The parish Eidfjord was transferred from the Diocese of Stavanger to Bjørgvin in 1630. The parish Røldal was transferred from the Diocese of Kristiansand (see Diocese of Agder og Telemark) to Bjørgvin in 1863. The region Sunnmøre was (together with Nordmøre and Romsdal from the Diocese of Nidaros) established as a diocese of its own (Diocese of Møre) in 1983. [2]
[edit] Origin of name
The Old Norse form of the name for Bergen was Bjǫrgvin. The first element is berg or bjǫrg, which translates as 'mountain'. The last element is vin, which translates as 'meadow'. [3]
[edit] Bishops
- ?-1535 Olaf Torkelson Last Catholic bishop
- 1536-1557 Gjeble Pedersssøn b. c. 1489 first Lutheran bishop
- 1557-1582 Jens Pedersen Schjelderup b. 1499
- 1583-1607 Anders Foss
- 1607-1615 Anders Mikkelsen Kolding
- 1616-1636 Nils Paaske b. 1568
- 1636-1649 Ludvig Hansen Munthe b. 1593
- 1649-1665 Jens Pedersen Schjelderup b. 1604
- 1665-1711 Nils Envildsen Randulf b. 1630
- 1711-1716 Nils Pedersen Smed b. 1655
- 1716-1723 Clemens Schmidt b. 1671
- 1723-1731 Marcus Müller b. 1684
- 1731-1747 Oluf Cosmussen Bornemann b. 1683
- 1747-1757 Erik Ludvigsen Pontoppidan b. 1698
- 1757-1762 Ole Tiedemann b. 1710
- 1762-1774 Frederik Arentz b. 1699
- 1774-1778 Eiler Hagerup b. 1718
- 1778-1779 Søren Frieldieb b. 1717
- 1779-1803 Ole Irgens b. 1724
- 1803-1816 Johan Nordahl Brun b. 1745
- 1817-1822 Claus Pavels b. 1769
- 1822-1848 Jacob Neumann b. 1772
- 1848-1857 Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow b. 1786
- 1858-1863 Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin b. 1804
- 1864-1880 Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland b. 1807
- 1881-1898 Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef b. 1825
- 1899-1916 Johan Willoch Erichsen b. 1842
- 1916-1931 Peter Hognestad b. 1866
- 1931-1948 Andreas Fleischer b. 1878
- 1948-1961 Ragnvald Indrebø b. 1891
- 1961-1976 Per Juvkam b. 1907
- 1977-1987 Tor With b. 1918
- 1987-1994 Per Lønning b. 1928
- 1994-2008 Ole Danbolt Hagesæther b. 1941
- 2008- Halvor Nordhaug
[edit] References
[edit] Other sources
- Knudsen, Jacob Frode (2001) Bergen Domkirke 700 år (Bergen)
- Lidén, Hans-Emil and Ellen Marie Magerøy (1990) Norges kirker : Bergen (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 82-05-12368-3
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