Diocese of Nidaros

Diocese of Nidaros

Nidaros bispedømme
Nidarosen bæspatjïelte
Location
CountryNorway
TerritoryTrøndelag county
Deaneries9 prosti (2021)[1]
Statistics
Parishes121 (2021)[1]
Members357,914
Information
DenominationChurch of Norway
Established1068
CathedralNidaros Cathedral
LanguageNorwegian, Southern Sámi
Current leadership
BishopHerborg Finnset, Bishop of Nidaros
Olav Fykse Tveit, Bishop Preses in Nidaros
Map
Location of the Diocese of Nidaros
Location of the Diocese of Nidaros
Website
kirken.no/nidaros

Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg Finnset. The Bishop Preses, currently Olav Fykse Tveit is also based at the Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into nine deaneries (prosti). While the Bishop Preses holds episcopal responsibility within the Nidaros domprosti (deanery) in Trondheim, the Bishop of Nidaros holds episcopal authority of the other eight deaneries as well as the language based parish of the Southern Sámi.

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim
  1. ^ a b "Oversikt for Nidaros bispedømme" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Church of Norway, Diocese of Nidaros. May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.