List of churches in Møre

The list of churches in Møre is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Møre in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Møre og Romsdal county. The Diocese is based at the Molde Cathedral in the city of Molde in Molde Municipality.

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time.[1]

Molde domprosti

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This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) is home to the Molde Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre. Molde domprosti includes all the parishes in the municipalities of Molde, Aukra, and Hustadvika, all of which surround the town of Molde in Molde Municipality where the deanery is headquartered.

The deanery was established in the 19th century when the old Romsdal prosti was divided into Ytre Romsdal prosti (along the coast) and the Indre Romsdal prosti (inland parishes). This deanery was called Ytre Romsdal prosti and it originally included the parishes in Fræna, Molde, Midsund, and Aukra. The Diocese of Møre was established on 18 September 1983 and on that date, the church in Molde became the new seat of the diocese. After this, the Ytre Romsdal prosti was re-named Molde domprosti. On 1 January 2019, the churches in Eide Municipality were transferred from Ytre Nordmøre prosti to Molde domprosti in preparation for a municipal merger on 1 January 2020. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Molde was enlarged so the parishes in the former Nesset Municipality (from Indre Romsdal prosti) were moved into the Molde domprosti.[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Aukra Aukra Aukra Church Aukrasanden 1835  
Hustadvika Eide Eide Church Eide 1871  
Gaustad Chapel Gaustad 2001  
Bud Bud Church Bud 1717  
Hustad Hustad Church Hustad 1874  
Vågøy og
Myrbostad
Myrbostad Church Elnesvågen 1880  
Vågøy Church Vågøya 1904  
Molde Bolsøy Nordbyen Church Molde 2006  
Røbekk Church Røbekk 1898  
Eikesdal Eikesdal Church Eikesdalen 1866  
Eresfjord Sira Church Eresfjord 1869  
Kleive Kleive Church Kleive 1858  
Midsund Otrøy Church Uglvik, Otrøya 1878  
Nord-Heggdal Chapel Nord-Heggdal 1974  
Molde domkirke[3] Molde Cathedral Molde 1957  
Nesset Nesset Church Eidsvåg 1878  
Røvik og Veøy Røvik Church Røvika 1905  
Veøy Church Sølsnes 1907  
Old Veøy Church Veøya 1200  
Sekken Sekken Church Sekken 1908  
Vistdal Vistdal Church Myklebostad 1869  

Søre Sunnmøre prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in southwestern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, and Ørsta. The deanery is headquartered at Volda Church in the village of Volda in Volda Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1818 when the old Søndmør prosti was divided into Nordre Søndmør prosti and Søndre Søndmør prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Søndmør prosti" to "Søre Sunnmøre prosti".[4] On 1 January 2020, the parish of Hornindal was added to this deanery when Hornindal became a part of Volda Municipality.[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Hareid Hareid Hareid Church Hareid 1877  
Herøy Herøy Herøy Church Fosnavåg 2003  
Indre Herøy Indre Herøy Church Indre Herøy 1916  
Leikanger Leikanger Church Leikong 1807  
Sande Sande Sande Church Sandsøya 1880  
Gursken Gursken Church Gursken 1919  
Larsnes Chapel Larsnes 1989  
Ulstein Ulstein Ulstein Church Ulsteinvik 1849  
Vanylven Syvde Syvde Church Myklebost 1837  
Rovde Rovde Church Rovdane 1872  
Vanylven Vanylven Church Slagnes 1863  
Saint Jetmund Church Åheim 1150  
Åram Åram Church Åram 1927  
Volda Austefjord Austefjord Church Fyrde 1773  
Dalsfjord Dalsfjord Church Dravlaus 1910  
Hornindal Hornindal Church Grodås 1856  
Kilsfjord Kilsfjord Church Straumshamn 1974  
Storfjorden Bjørke Church Bjørke 1919  
Volda Volda Church Volda 1932  
Ørsta Hjørundfjord Hjørundfjord Church Sæbø 1880  
Vartdal Vartdal Church Nordre Vartdal 1876  
Ørsta Ørsta Church Ørsta 1864  

Nordre Sunnmøre prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in western part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Fjord, Giske, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, and Ålesund. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Ålesund in Ålesund Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1818 when the old Søndmør prosti was divided into Nordre Søndmør prosti and Søndre Søndmør prosti. In 1863, the eastern part of this deanery was split off to form the new Østre Søndmør prosti (later renamed Austre Sunnmøre prosti). A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Søndmør prosti" to "Nordre Sunnmøre prosti".[4] On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Austre Sunnmøre prosti were merged into this deanery. That deanery had covered six municipalities in southern part of Møre og Romsdal county and it was headquartered in the village of Sjøholt in Ørskog Municipality.[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Fjord Norddal Norddal Church Norddal 1782  
Sylte Church Sylte 1863  
Stordal Stordal Church Stordal 1907  
Old Stordal Church Stordal 1789  
Giske Giske Giske Church Giske 1170  
Godøy Chapel Leitebakk 1953  
Valderøy Valderøy Church Nordstrand 1961  
Vigra Vigra Church Vigra 1894  
Stranda Geiranger Geiranger Church Geiranger 1842  
Liabygda Liabygda Church Liabygda 1917  
Stranda Stranda Church Stranda 1838  
Sunnylven Sunnylven Church Hellesylt 1859  
Sula Sula Langevåg Church Langevåg 1948  
Indre Sula Church Mauseidvåg 1984  
Sykkylven Sykkylven Sykkylven Church Aure 1990  
Ikornnes Ikornnes Church Ikornnes 1978  
Ålesund Borgund Borgund Church Borgund 1130  
Brattvåg Brattvåg Church Brattvåg 1977  
Hildre Church Hildrestranda 1905  
Ellingsøy Ellingsøy Church Ellingsøya 1998  
Hamnsund Hamnsund Church near Søvik 1875  
Haram og Fjørtoft Fjørtoft Church Fjørtofta 1878  
Haram Church Austnes 1838  
Lepsøy Chapel Lepsøya 1896
Sandøy Sandøy Church Sandøya 1812  
Harøy Church Harøya 1934  
Skodje Skodje Church Skodje 1860  
Spjelkavik Spjelkavik Church Spjelkavik 1987  
Vatne Vatne Church Vatne 1868  
Volsdalen Volsdalen Church Nørvøya (in Ålesund city) 1974  
Ålesund Ålesund Church Aspøya (in Ålesund city) 1909  
Skarbøvik Church Heissa 1995
Ørskog Ørskog Church Sjøholt 1873  

Indre Romsdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers two municipalities (Vestnes and Rauma) in central part of Møre og Romsdal county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma Municipality.

The deanery was established in the 19th century when the old Romsdal prosti was divided into Ytre Romsdal prosti (along the coast) and the Indre Romsdal prosti (inland parishes). This parish originally included the parishes in the modern-day municipalities of Rauma, Vestnes, and Nesset. On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Nesset Municipality were transferred from this deanery to Molde domprosti when it became a part of the new, larger Molde Municipality.[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Rauma Eid og Holm Eid Church Eidsbygda 1796  
Holm Church Holm 1907  
Rødven Church Rødven 1907  
Rødven Stave Church Rødven 1200  
Grytten Grytten Church Veblungsnes 1829  
Hen Hen Church Isfjorden 1831  
Kors Kors Church Marstein in
Romsdalen
1797  
Voll Voll Church Voll 1896  
Innfjorden Chapel Innfjorden 1976
Øverdalen Øverdalen Church Verma 1902  
Vestnes Fiksdal Fiksdal Church Fiksdal 1866  
Tresfjord Tresfjord Church Tresfjord 1828  
Vestnes Vestnes Church Vestnes 1872  
Vike Vike Church Vikebukt 1970  
Vågstranda Vågstranda Church Vågstranda 1870  

Ytre Nordmøre prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers four island municipalities in northwestern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all the parishes in the municipalities of Aure, Averøy, Kristiansund, and Smøla. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1857 when the old Nordmør prosti was divided into Ytre Nordmør prosti and Indre Nordmør prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Ytre Nordmør prosti" to "Ytre Nordmøre prosti".[4] On 1 January 2019, the churches in Eide Municipality were transferred from Ytre Nordmøre prosti to Molde domprosti in preparation for a municipal merger on 1 January 2020.[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Aure Aure Aure Church Aure 1924  
Stemshaug Stemshaug Church Stemshaug 1908  
Tustna Gullstein Church Gullstein 1864  
Sør-Tustna Chapel Tømmervåg 1952  
Averøy Bremsnes Bremsnes Church Bremsnes 1771  
Langøy Chapel Langøy 1935  
Kornstad Kornstad Church Kornstad 1871  
Kvernes Kvernes Church Kvernes 1893  
Kvernes Stave Church Kvernes 1300s  
Kristiansund Frei Frei Church Nedre Frei 1897  
Kristiansund Kirkelandet Church Kirkelandet 1964  
Grip Stave Church Grip 1470  
Nordlandet Nordlandet Church Nordlandet 1914  
Smøla Brattvær Brattvær Church Brattvær 1917  
Edøy Edøy Church Edøy 1885  
Old Edøy Church Edøya 1190  
Hopen Hopen Church Hopen 1892  

Indre Nordmøre prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers four municipalities in northeastern part of Møre og Romsdal county. It includes all of the parishes in the municipalities of Gjemnes, Sunndal, Surnadal, and Tingvoll. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Tingvollvågen in Tingvoll Municipality.

The deanery was established in 1857 when the old Nordmøre prosti was divided into Ytre Nordmøre prosti and Indre Nordmøre prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Indre Nordmør prosti" to "Indre Nordmøre prosti".[4] On 1 January 2020, the parishes in Rindal and Halsa were transferred to the Orkdal prosti in the neighboring Diocese of Nidaros to the north (because the municipalities switched to Trøndelag county).[2]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Gjemnes Gjemnes Gjemnes Church Gjemnes 1893  
Øre Øre Church Øre 1865  
Osmarka Chapel Heggem 1910  
Sunndal Hov Hov Church Sunndalsøra 1887  
Romfo Romfo Church Romfo 1821  
Gjøra Church Gjøra 1935  
Øksendal Øksendal Church Øksendalsøra 1894  
Ålvundeid Ålvundeid Church Ålvundeidet 1848  
Surnadal Mo Mo Church Mo 1728  
Stangvik Stangvik Church Stangvik 1896  
Todalen Todalen Church Todalsøra 1861  
Øye og Ranes Ranes Church Ranes 1869  
Øye Church Skei 1871  
Åsskard Åsskard Church Åsskard 1876  
Tingvoll Straumsnes Straumsnes Church Straumsnes 1864  
Tingvoll Tingvoll Church Tingvollvågen 1180  

References

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  1. ^ "Møre bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Møre bispedømeråd møteprotokoll" (PDF) (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Møre bispedøme. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Møteprotokoll: 65/20 Endring av namn på Molde sokn" (PDF). Møre bispedømerådet (in Norwegian). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Norsk Lovtidende (in Norwegian). Grøndahl. 1922. p. 195. Retrieved 11 October 2023.