Ranes Church

Ranes Church
Ranes kyrkje
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62°58′34″N 8°46′19″E / 62.9761°N 8.7720°E / 62.9761; 8.7720Coordinates: 62°58′34″N 8°46′19″E / 62.9761°N 8.7720°E / 62.9761; 8.7720
Location	Surnadal Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Schmedling
Completed	1868
Specifications
Capacity	420
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Øye og Ranes
Deanery	Indre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Ranes Church (Norwegian: Ranes kyrkje) is a parish church in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ranes, just east of the municipal centre of Skei. The church is one of two churches in the Øye og Ranes parish (along with Øye Church). The parish is part of the Indre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1868 by the architect Schmedling from Molde. The church has about 420 seats.

There have been two previous church buildings on the site of the present Ranes Church. The first known church dates back to about the year 1600. It was an old stave church that existed until around 1702. In 1702 the second church was completed. It was a large church was a tower in the middle of the roof. That church was painted red and had a tile roof. The current church was completed in 1868 and the altarpiece from the 1702 church is used in the present church.