Hamar is a present Lutheran diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

, named after its episcopal see, the Norwegian city of Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

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There are 164 parishes in the diocese.

Lutheran diocese

In the Church of Norway

Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...

, the diocese of Hamar covers Oppland

Oppland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

 and Hedmark

Hedmark

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

. The cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

 city is Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

, and the bishop is Solveig Fiske

Solveig Fiske

Solveig Margrete Fiske is a bishop in the Church of Norway in the Diocese of Hamar, seated in Hamar.Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1980, and completed her practical training there in 1981...

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List of bishops

The Lutheran diocese of Hamar was established in 1864. In reverse chronolocial order, the following bishops have led the diocese:

• 2006-present : Solveig Fiske
  Solveig Fiske
  Solveig Margrete Fiske is a bishop in the Church of Norway in the Diocese of Hamar, seated in Hamar.Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1980, and completed her practical training there in 1981...
  
  
• 1993–2006 : Rosemarie Köhn
  Rosemarie Köhn
  Rosemarie Köhn was a bishop in the Diocese of Hamar of the Church of Norway who retired from her post as of November 1, 2006. Bishop Köhn was born to a German father and Norwegian mother and immigrated to Norway in 1946.Köhn graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.theol. degree...
  
  
• 1974–1993 : Georg Hille
• 1964–1974 : Alexander Johnson
• 1947–1964 : Kristian Schjelderup
  Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr.
  Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian, author, and bishop of the Diocese of Hamar in the Church of Norway from 1947 to 1964. He was noted as a controversial, liberal theologian.-Personal life:...
  
  
• 1945–1947 : Henrik Hille
• 1943–1945 : Sigurd Haga (appointed by Nasjonal Samling)
• 1942–1943 : Georg Falck-Hansen (appointed by Nasjonal Samling)
• 1934–1942 : Henrik Hille
• 1922–1934 : Mikkel Bjønness-Jacobsen
• 1918–1922 : Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson
• 1917–1918 : Otto Jensen
  Otto Jensen
  Otto Jensen was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1906 to 1907 and bishop of Hamar from 1917 to 1918....
  
  
• 1906–1917 : Christen Brun
• 1887–1906 : Arnoldus Hille
• 1864–1887 : Halvor Folkestad