Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland Sør-Hålogaland bispedømme
View of the Bodø Cathedral
Location
Country	Norway
Territory	Nordland
Deaneries	Bodø domprosti, Lofoten, Ofoten, Vesterålen, Salten, Nord-Helgeland, Indre Helgeland, Sør-Helgeland
Statistics
Parishes	96
Members	236,000
Information
Denomination	Church of Norway
Established	1952
Cathedral	Bodø Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Tor Berger Jørgensen
Map
Location of Sør-Hålogaland diocese
Website
http://www.kirken.no/sor-haalogaland
Reference

Sør-Hålogaland is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covers the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within Nordland county in Norway. The diocese is headquartered in Bodø at the Bodø Cathedral, the seat of the presiding Bishop Tor Berger Jørgensen (since 2007).

In 1952, the old Diocese of Hålogaland (which covered all of Northern Norway) was split into two: the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland (Nordland county) and the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland (Troms, Finnmark, and Svalbard).

The bishops of Sør-Hålogaland since its creation in 1952:

The old church in Bodø was destroyed during World War II, and after the war plans were made to replace the church and make it the cathedral for the new diocese. The foundation stone was laid in 1954 and was consecrated by Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen in 1956. There is also a memorial to those who died in Bodø during the Second World War.

The Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland is divided into eight 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.