Diocese of Hamar

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Phone +47 62 55 03 50

Address Folkestads gate 52, 2317 Hamar, Norway Similar Vang kirke, Ottestad menighet, Vollbo, Stange Kirke, Den Norske Kirke Ha

Hamar is a present Lutheran diocese, named after its episcopal see, the Norwegian city of Hamar.

There are 164 parishes in the diocese.

Lutheran diocese

In the Church of Norway, the diocese of Hamar covers Oppland and Hedmark. The cathedral city is Hamar, and the bishop is Solveig Fiske.

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

2006–present : Solveig Fiske

1993–2006 : Rosemarie Köhn

1974–1993 : Georg Hille

1964–1974 : Alexander Johnson

1947–1964 : Kristian Schjelderup

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

1906–1917 : Christen Brun

1887–1906 : Arnoldus Hille

1864–1887 : Halvor Olsen Folkestad

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