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Diocese of Møre
Møre bispedomme
Location Country Norway Ecclesiastical province Møre og Romsdal Deaneries 7 prosti Statistics Parishes 41 Members 220,000 Information Denomination Church of Norway Cathedral Molde Domkirke Current leadership Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme Website kirken.no/more The Diocese of Møre (Norwegian: Møre bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde. The diocese was established on 18 September 1983, when the district of Sunnmøre was transferred from Bjørgvin bishopric in the south, and the Romsdal and Nordmøre districts from Nidaros bishopric in the north to form the new one. As of 2008[update], the bishop of Møre is Ingeborg Midttømme (pictured at right).[1][2]
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Structure
The Diocese of Møre is divided into seven deaneries (Norwegian: Prosti). Each one corresponds to several municipalities in the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more parishes which each contain one or more congregations. See each municipality below for lists of churches and parishes within them.
Deanery (Prosti) Municipalities Molde domprosti Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Sandøy Søre Sunnmøre prosti Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørsta Austre Sunnmøre prosti Norddal, Skodje, Stordal, Stranda, Sykkylven, Ørskog Nordre Sunnmøre prosti Giske, Haram, Sula, Ålesund Indre Romsdal prosti Nesset, Rauma, Vestnes Ytre Nordmøre prosti Aure, Averøy, Eide, Kristiansund, Smøla Indre Nordmøre prosti Gjemnes, Halsa, Rindal, Sunndal, Surnadal, Tingvoll See also: List of churches in Møre og RomsdalBishops
The following people have led the diocese as bishop since the founding of the diocese:
- Since 2008: Ingeborg Midttømme
- 1991–2008: Odd Bondevik
- 1983–1991: Ole Nordhaug
Name
The name of the diocese (Møre) is the result of a compromise between county's three districts. Sunnmøre, with almost half of the population, would accept that the bishop be located in the geographical center of the diocese—Molde in Romsdal—if that region's name (Romsdal) be excluded from the name of the diocese.
The name of the corresponding county was Møre fylke during the period from 1919-1935, and Romsdal amt from 1660-1919. However, the name is old (Old Norse: Mœrr), and it is probably derived from the word marr which means "ocean" or "sea". The meaning is then "coastal district". (A coastal district in Sweden has the same name: Möre.)
The ambiguous designation møring—"person from Møre"—is used strictly about people from Nordmøre (and less frequently for people from Sunnmøre), excluding the people from Romsdal (while, consequently, romsdaling—"person from Romsdal"— is used about the latter).
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Møre bispedømme" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/M%C3%B8re_bisped%C3%B8mme. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ Den Norske Kyrkja. "Vegen fram til 1983" (in Norwegian). http://www.kirken.no/more/tekstsider.cfm?id=33828. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
External links
- Official website of the diocese (Norwegian)
Bishops and dioceses of Norway Church of Norway — Agder and Telemark: Olav Skjevesland · Bjørgvin: Halvor Nordhaug · Borg: Helga H. Byfuglien · Hamar: Solveig Fiske · Møre: Ingeborg Midttømme · Nidaros: Tor Singsaas · Nord-Hålogaland: Per Oskar Kjølaas · Oslo: Ole Christian Kvarme · Stavanger: Erling Pettersen · Sør-Hålogaland: Tor Berger Jørgensen · Tunsberg: Laila Riksaasen Dahl
Catholic bishops in Norway — Oslo: Bernt Eidsvig · Tromsø: Berislav Grgić · Trondheim: Sede vacanteCategories:- Møre og Romsdal
- Nordmøre
- Romsdal
- Sunnmøre
- Church of Norway dioceses
- Religious organizations established in 1983
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