Vera Chapel
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Vera Chapel is a parish church
in the municipality of Verdal
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Vera
. The church is part of the Vera
parish
in the Sør-Innherad deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
. The white wooden chapel was built in 1899 and serves the eastern part of the municipality.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Verdal
Verdal
Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the village of Vera
Vera, Norway
Vera is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the hborder with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku...
. The church is part of the Vera
Vera, Norway
Vera is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the hborder with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku...
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the Sør-Innherad deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
. The white wooden chapel was built in 1899 and serves the eastern part of the municipality.
See also
- List of churches in Nord-Trøndelag
- Stiklestad ChurchStiklestad ChurchStiklestad Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stiklestad. The church is part of the Stiklestad parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church building was completed in 1180...
- Verdalsøra ChapelVerdalsøra ChapelVerdalsøra Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the town of Verdalsøra. The church is part of the Stiklestad parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white chapel was built in 1969 with wood and stone...
- Vinne ChurchVinne ChurchVinne Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vinne. The church is part of the Vinne parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...
- Vuku ChurchVuku ChurchVuku Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vuku. The church is part of the Vuku parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...