Diocese of Borg

Fredrikstad Cathedral

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The diocese of Borg (Norwegian: Borg bispedøme ) is one of the eleven dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway . Atle Sommerfeldt has been bishop since 2012 , after his predecessor Helga Haugland Byfuglien was elected President of the Bishops' Conference of the Church of Norway. The cathedral is Fredrikstad Cathedral .

history

The diocese of Borg was founded in 1969. Until then, his area, the former provinces ( Fylken ) Østfold and Akershus (excluding the municipalities Asker and Bærum , which remained with the diocese of Oslo) belonged to the diocese of Oslo . Per Lønning became the first bishop .

scope

The diocese comprises 105 parishes in 9 provosts (Norwegian prosti ). With 493,325 parishioners (as of 2017) it is the largest number of members in the Norwegian dioceses.

Bishops

1. Per Lønning 1969–1976
2. Andreas Aarflot 1976–1977
3. Gunnar Lislerud 1978–1990
4. Even Fougner 1990-1998
5. Ole Christian Kvarme 1998-2005
6. Helga Haugland Byfuglien 2005–2012
7. Atle Sommerfeldt since 2012

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Borg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the diocese of Borg
• Borg bispedømme in Store norske leksikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List on the website of the diocese , status 12/2017.
2. ↑ Table of the Statistisk sentralbyrå .