Stavanger Cathedral

Stavanger Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Swithun
Stavanger domkirke
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58°58′11″N 5°43′59″E / 58.969787°N 5.733162°E / 58.969787; 5.733162
LocationStavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
Websitestavangerdomkirke.no
History
StatusCathedral
Foundedc. 1125
Founder(s)Bishop Reinald
DedicationSaint Swithun
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
StyleRomanesque/Gothic
Completedc. 1150 (874 years ago) (1150)
Specifications
Capacity800
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
DeaneryStavanger domprosti
ParishDomkirken og St. Petri
Clergy
Bishop(s)Anne Lise Ådnøy
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85552

Stavanger Cathedral (Norwegian: Stavanger domkirke) is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway. It is located in the centre of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in central Rogaland county, Norway. The church is situated in the centre of the city, in the borough of Storhaug between Breiavatnet in the south, the square with Vågen in the north west, the cathedral square in the north, and Kongsgård in the southwest.

It is one of the two churches for the Domkirken og St. Petri parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The gray, stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1125 using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 800 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Stavanger domkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 3 October 2020.