List of churches in Møre

The list of churches in Møre is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Møre in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Møre og Romsdal county. The Diocese is based at the Molde Cathedral in the city of Molde in Molde Municipality.

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time.^[1]

Molde domprosti[edit]

This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) is home to the Molde Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre. Molde domprosti includes all the parishes in the municipalities of Molde, Aukra, and Hustadvika, all of which surround the town of Molde in Molde Municipality where the deanery is headquartered.

The deanery was established in the 19th century when the old Romsdal prosti was divided into Ytre Romsdal prosti (along the coast) and the Indre Romsdal prosti (inland parishes). This deanery was called Ytre Romsdal prosti and it originally included the parishes in Fræna, Molde, Midsund, and Aukra. The Diocese of Møre was established on 18 September 1983 and on that date, the church in Molde became the new seat of the diocese. After this, the Ytre Romsdal prosti was re-named Molde domprosti. On 1 January 2019, the churches in Eide Municipality were transferred from Ytre Nordmøre prosti to Molde domprosti in preparation for a municipal merger on 1 January 2020. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Molde was enlarged so the parishes in the former Nesset Municipality (from Indre Romsdal prosti) were moved into the Molde domprosti.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Aukra	Aukra	Aukra Church	Aukrasanden	1835
Hustadvika	Eide	Eide Church	Eide	1871
	Eide	Gaustad Chapel	Gaustad	2001
	Bud	Bud Church	Bud	1717
	Hustad	Hustad Church	Hustad	1874
	Vågøy og Myrbostad	Myrbostad Church	Elnesvågen	1880
	Vågøy og Myrbostad	Vågøy Church	Vågøya	1904
Molde	Bolsøy	Nordbyen Church	Molde	2006
	Bolsøy	Røbekk Church	Røbekk	1898
	Eikesdal	Eikesdal Church	Eikesdalen	1866
	Eresfjord	Sira Church	Eresfjord	1869
	Kleive	Kleive Church	Kleive	1858
	Midsund	Otrøy Church	Uglvik, Otrøya	1878
	Midsund	Nord-Heggdal Chapel	Nord-Heggdal	1974
	Molde domkirke^[3]	Molde Cathedral	Molde	1957
	Nesset	Nesset Church	Eidsvåg	1878
	Røvik og Veøy	Røvik Church	Røvika	1905
		Veøy Church	Sølsnes	1907
		Old Veøy Church	Veøya	1200
	Sekken	Sekken Church	Sekken	1908
	Vistdal	Vistdal Church	Myklebostad	1869

Søre Sunnmøre prosti[edit]

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in southwestern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, and Ørsta. The deanery is headquartered at Volda Church in the village of Volda in Volda Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1818 when the old Søndmør prosti was divided into Nordre Søndmør prosti and Søndre Søndmør prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Søndmør prosti" to "Søre Sunnmøre prosti".^[4] On 1 January 2020, the parish of Hornindal was added to this deanery when Hornindal became a part of Volda Municipality.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Hareid	Hareid	Hareid Church	Hareid	1877
Herøy	Herøy	Herøy Church	Fosnavåg	2003
	Indre Herøy	Indre Herøy Church	Indre Herøy	1916
	Leikanger	Leikanger Church	Leikong	1807
Sande	Sande	Sande Church	Sandsøya	1880
	Gursken	Gursken Church	Gursken	1919
	Gursken	Larsnes Chapel	Larsnes	1989
Ulstein	Ulstein	Ulstein Church	Ulsteinvik	1849
Vanylven	Syvde	Syvde Church	Myklebost	1837
	Rovde	Rovde Church	Rovdane	1872
	Vanylven	Vanylven Church	Slagnes	1863
	Vanylven	Saint Jetmund Church	Åheim	1150
	Åram	Åram Church	Åram	1927
Volda	Austefjord	Austefjord Church	Fyrde	1773
	Dalsfjord	Dalsfjord Church	Dravlaus	1910
	Hornindal	Hornindal Church	Grodås	1856
	Kilsfjord	Kilsfjord Church	Straumshamn	1974
	Storfjorden	Bjørke Church	Bjørke	1919
	Volda	Volda Church	Volda	1932
Ørsta	Hjørundfjord	Hjørundfjord Church	Sæbø	1880
	Vartdal	Vartdal Church	Nordre Vartdal	1876
	Ørsta	Ørsta Church	Ørsta	1864

Nordre Sunnmøre prosti[edit]

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in western part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Fjord, Giske, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, and Ålesund. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Ålesund in Ålesund Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1818 when the old Søndmør prosti was divided into Nordre Søndmør prosti and Søndre Søndmør prosti. In 1863, the eastern part of this deanery was split off to form the new Østre Søndmør prosti (later renamed Austre Sunnmøre prosti). A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Søndmør prosti" to "Nordre Sunnmøre prosti".^[4] On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Austre Sunnmøre prosti were merged into this deanery. That deanery had covered six municipalities in southern part of Møre og Romsdal county and it was headquartered in the village of Sjøholt in Ørskog Municipality.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Fjord	Norddal	Norddal Church	Norddal	1782
	Norddal	Sylte Church	Sylte	1863
	Stordal	Stordal Church	Stordal	1907
	Stordal	Old Stordal Church	Stordal	1789
Giske	Giske	Giske Church	Giske	1170
	Giske	Godøy Chapel	Leitebakk	1953
	Valderøy	Valderøy Church	Nordstrand	1961
	Vigra	Vigra Church	Vigra	1894
Stranda	Geiranger	Geiranger Church	Geiranger	1842
	Liabygda	Liabygda Church	Liabygda	1917
	Stranda	Stranda Church	Stranda	1838
	Sunnylven	Sunnylven Church	Hellesylt	1859
Sula	Sula	Langevåg Church	Langevåg	1948
Sula	Sula	Indre Sula Church	Mauseidvåg	1984
Sykkylven	Sykkylven	Sykkylven Church	Aure	1990
Sykkylven	Ikornnes	Ikornnes Church	Ikornnes	1978
Ålesund	Borgund	Borgund Church	Borgund	1130
	Brattvåg	Brattvåg Church	Brattvåg	1977
	Brattvåg	Hildre Church	Hildrestranda	1905
	Ellingsøy	Ellingsøy Church	Ellingsøya	1998
	Hamnsund	Hamnsund Church	near Søvik	1875
	Haram og Fjørtoft	Fjørtoft Church	Fjørtofta	1878
		Haram Church	Austnes	1838
		Lepsøy Chapel	Lepsøya	1896
	Sandøy	Sandøy Church	Sandøya	1812
	Sandøy	Harøy Church	Harøya	1934
	Skodje	Skodje Church	Skodje	1860
	Spjelkavik	Spjelkavik Church	Spjelkavik	1987
	Vatne	Vatne Church	Vatne	1868
	Volsdalen	Volsdalen Church	Nørvøya (in Ålesund city)	1974
	Ålesund	Ålesund Church	Aspøya (in Ålesund city)	1909
	Ålesund	Skarbøvik Church	Heissa	1995
	Ørskog	Ørskog Church	Sjøholt	1873

Indre Romsdal prosti[edit]

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers two municipalities (Vestnes and Rauma) in central part of Møre og Romsdal county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma Municipality.

The deanery was established in the 19th century when the old Romsdal prosti was divided into Ytre Romsdal prosti (along the coast) and the Indre Romsdal prosti (inland parishes). This parish originally included the parishes in the modern-day municipalities of Rauma, Vestnes, and Nesset. On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Nesset Municipality were transferred from this deanery to Molde domprosti when it became a part of the new, larger Molde Municipality.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Rauma	Eid og Holm	Eid Church	Eidsbygda	1796
		Holm Church	Holm	1907
		Rødven Church	Rødven	1907
		Rødven Stave Church	Rødven	1200
	Grytten	Grytten Church	Veblungsnes	1829
	Hen	Hen Church	Isfjorden	1831
	Kors	Kors Church	Marstein in Romsdalen	1797
	Voll	Voll Church	Voll	1896
	Voll	Innfjorden Chapel	Innfjorden	1976
	Øverdalen	Øverdalen Church	Verma	1902
Vestnes	Fiksdal	Fiksdal Church	Fiksdal	1866
	Tresfjord	Tresfjord Church	Tresfjord	1828
	Vestnes	Vestnes Church	Vestnes	1872
	Vike	Vike Church	Vikebukt	1970
	Vågstranda	Vågstranda Church	Vågstranda	1870

Ytre Nordmøre prosti[edit]

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers four island municipalities in northwestern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all the parishes in the municipalities of Aure, Averøy, Kristiansund, and Smøla. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1857 when the old Nordmør prosti was divided into Ytre Nordmør prosti and Indre Nordmør prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Ytre Nordmør prosti" to "Ytre Nordmøre prosti".^[4] On 1 January 2019, the churches in Eide Municipality were transferred from Ytre Nordmøre prosti to Molde domprosti in preparation for a municipal merger on 1 January 2020.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Aure	Aure	Aure Church	Aure	1924
	Stemshaug	Stemshaug Church	Stemshaug	1908
	Tustna	Gullstein Church	Gullstein	1864
	Tustna	Sør-Tustna Chapel	Tømmervåg	1952
Averøy	Bremsnes	Bremsnes Church	Bremsnes	1771
	Bremsnes	Langøy Chapel	Langøy	1935
	Kornstad	Kornstad Church	Kornstad	1871
	Kvernes	Kvernes Church	Kvernes	1893
	Kvernes	Kvernes Stave Church	Kvernes	1300s
Kristiansund	Frei	Frei Church	Nedre Frei	1897
	Kristiansund	Kirkelandet Church	Kirkelandet	1964
	Kristiansund	Grip Stave Church	Grip	1470
	Nordlandet	Nordlandet Church	Nordlandet	1914
Smøla	Brattvær	Brattvær Church	Brattvær	1917
	Edøy	Edøy Church	Edøy	1885
	Edøy	Old Edøy Church	Edøya	1190
	Hopen	Hopen Church	Hopen	1892

Indre Nordmøre prosti[edit]

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers four municipalities in northeastern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Gjemnes, Sunndal, Surnadal, and Tingvoll. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Tingvollvågen in Tingvoll Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1857 when the old Nordmøre prosti was divided into Ytre Nordmøre prosti and Indre Nordmøre prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Indre Nordmør prosti" to "Indre Nordmøre prosti".^[4] On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Rindal and Halsa were transferred to the Orkdal prosti in the neighboring Diocese of Nidaros to the north (because the municipalities switched to Trøndelag county).^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Gjemnes	Gjemnes	Gjemnes Church	Gjemnes	1893
	Øre	Øre Church	Øre	1865
	Øre	Osmarka Chapel	Heggem	1910
Sunndal	Hov	Hov Church	Sunndalsøra	1887
	Romfo	Romfo Church	Romfo	1821
	Romfo	Gjøra Church	Gjøra	1935
	Øksendal	Øksendal Church	Øksendalsøra	1894
	Ålvundeid	Ålvundeid Church	Ålvundeidet	1848
Surnadal	Mo	Mo Church	Mo	1728
	Stangvik	Stangvik Church	Stangvik	1896
	Todalen	Todalen Church	Todalsøra	1861
	Øye og Ranes	Ranes Church	Ranes	1869
	Øye og Ranes	Øye Church	Skei	1871
	Åsskard	Åsskard Church	Åsskard	1876
Tingvoll	Straumsnes	Straumsnes Church	Straumsnes	1864
Tingvoll	Tingvoll	Tingvoll Church	Tingvollvågen	1180

References[edit]

^ "Møre bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Møre bispedømeråd møteprotokoll" (PDF) (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Møre bispedøme. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Møteprotokoll: 65/20 Endring av namn på Molde sokn" (PDF). Møre bispedømerådet (in Norwegian). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Norsk Lovtidende (in Norwegian). Grøndahl. 1922. p. 195. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[1] "Møre bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

[MB2019-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Møre bispedømeråd møteprotokoll" (PDF) (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Møre bispedøme. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[3] "Møteprotokoll: 65/20 Endring av namn på Molde sokn" (PDF). Møre bispedømerådet (in Norwegian). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[NL-4] Norsk Lovtidende (in Norwegian). Grøndahl. 1922. p. 195. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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