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{{Short description|Church of Norway diocese}}
{{distinguish|Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Diocese
| name              = Oslo
| latin             = <!-- Latin name of the diocese (or archdiocese) -->
| local             = Oslo bispedømme
| image             = Oslo domkyrka Grensen.JPG
| image_size        = 230px
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = [[Oslo Cathedral]]
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| country           = [[Norway]] 
| territory         = [[Oslo]]<br/>[[Asker]]<br/>[[Bærum]]
| province          = <!-- Ecclesiastical province -->
| metropolitan      = 
| archdeaconries    = 
| deaneries         = 7
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| parishes          = 55
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| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = 454,924
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| denomination      =[[File:Den norske kirkes våpen.svg|20px]]  [[Church of Norway]] 
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| rite              = <!-- e.g., [[Roman Rite]] -->
| established       = 1168
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| cathedral         = [[Oslo Cathedral]] 
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| bishop            = [[Sunniva Gylver]]
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| archdeacons       = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
| emeritus_bishops  = [[Ole Christian Kvarme]] <small>(2005-2017)</small><br/>[[Gunnar Stålsett]] <small>(1998-2005)</small><br/>[[Andreas Aarflot]] <small>(1977-1998)</small>
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| map_caption       = Location of the diocese
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| website           = [http://www.bd.kirken.no/oslo/index.cfm Website of the Diocese] 
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}}

The '''Diocese of Oslo''' is the [[Church of Norway]]'s [[Diocese|bishopric]] for the municipalities of [[Oslo]], [[Asker]] and [[Bærum]]. It is one of Norway's five traditional bishoprics and was founded around the year 1070.

==History==
Oslo was established as a diocese in 1068. It was originally a [[suffragan]] of the archdiocese of [[Hamburg-Bremen]], from 1104 on of that of [[Diocese of Lund|Lund]] and starting from 1152 on of [[Archdiocese of Nidaros|Nidaros]]. It then covered the (modern) counties of [[Oslo]], [[Akershus]], [[Buskerud]] (except [[Hallingdal]]), [[Hedmark]] (except the northern part of [[Østerdalen]]), [[Oppland]] (except [[Valdres]]), [[Telemark]], [[Vestfold]] and [[Østfold]], and the province of [[Bohuslän]], and the parishes of [[Idre]] and [[Särna]].

The [[Ancient Diocese of Hamar|Diocese of Hamar]] was established and separated from Oslo in 1152, but it was again merged with Oslo in 1541 (together with the northern part of Østerdalen from [[Diocese of Nidaros]]). The regions of Hallingdal and Valdres were transferred from [[Diocese of Stavanger]] to Oslo in 1631. (But Oslo had to give the upper part of Telemark to Stavanger in return.) The parishes of Idre and Särna were lost to Sweden in 1644, and the province of Bohuslän was lost in 1658. Hamar (with Hedmark and Oppland) was again separated from Oslo in 1864. The rest of Telemark was transferred to ''Diocese of Kristiansand'' (see [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]]) the same year. The [[Diocese of Tunsberg]] (with Vestfold and Buskerud) was established and separated from Oslo in 1948. The [[Diocese of Borg]] (with Akershus and Østfold) was established and separated from Oslo in 1969.

Today the Diocese of Oslo only covers the county of Oslo and the municipalities of [[Asker]] and [[Bærum]] in Akershus.

==Bishops==
===Medieval===
*{{circa|1050}} – {{circa|1075}} {{ill|Asgaut|no|Asgaut av Oslo}}, missionary bishop
*Torolv
*Aslak
*Geisard
*{{floruit}} 1122–1133 Kol Torkelson
*Peter
*? – 1157 William
*1157/61–1170 Torsteinn
*1170–1190 Helge I
*1190–1225 [[Nikolas Arnesson]]
*1126–1244 Orm
*1247–1248 Torkell
*1248–1267 Håkon
*1267–1287 {{ill|Andres (bishop of Oslo)|lt=Andres|no|Andres}}
*1288–1303 Eyvind
*1304–1322 Helge II
*1322–1351 {{ill|Salomon Toraldson|no}}
*1352–1354 Gyrd Aslason
*1352–1358 {{ill|Sigfrid of Stavagner|no|Sigfrid av Stavanger}}
*1359–1370 Hallvard Bjørnarsson
*1373–1385 Jon
*1386–1407 {{ill|Eystein Aslaksson|no}}
*1407 [[Aslak Bolt]]
*1408–1420 Jakob Knutson
*1420–1452 Jens Jakobssøn
*1453–1483 {{ill|Gunnar Tjostulvsson Holk|no}}
*1483–1488 Nils Audensson Kalib
*1489–1505 Herlog Vigleiksson Korning
*1506–1521 [[Anders Mus]]
*1521–1524 {{ill|Hans Mule|no}}
*1524 [[Anders Mus]]
*1525-1537 [[Hans Rev]]

===Since the Reformation===
*1541–1545 [[Hans Rev]]
*1545–1548 [[Anders Madssøn]]
*1548–1580 [[Frants Berg]]
*1580–1600 [[Jens Nilssøn]]
*1601–1607 [[Anders Bendssøn Dall]]
*1607–1617 [[Niels Claussøn Senning]]
*1617–1639 [[Niels Simonsen Glostrup]]
*1639–1646 [[Oluf Boesen]]
*1646–1664 [[Henning Stockfleth]]
*1664–1699 [[Hans Rosing]]
*1699–1712 [[Hans Munch (bishop)|Hans Munch]]
*1713–1730 [[Bartholomæus Deichman]]
*1731–1737 [[Peder Hersleb]]
*1738–1758 [[Niels Dorph]]
*1758–1773 [[Fredrik Nannestad]]
*1773–1804 [[Christian Schmidt (bishop)|Christian Schmidt]]
*1805–1822 [[Fredrik Julius Bech]]
*1823–1845 [[Christian Sørenssen]]
*1846–1874 [[Jens Lauritz Arup]]
*1875–1893 [[Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop]]
*1893–1896 [[Fredrik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge]]
*1896–1912 [[Anton Christian Bang]]
*1912–1922 [[Jens Frølich Tandberg]]
*1922–1937 [[Johan Lunde]]
*1937–1951 [[Eivind Berggrav|Eivind Josef Berggrav]]
*1951–1968 [[Johannes Smemo]]
*1968–1973 [[Fridtjov Søiland Birkeli]]
*1973–1977 [[Kaare Støylen]]
*1977–1998 [[Andreas Aarflot]]
*1998–2005 [[Gunnar Stålsett]]
*2005–2017 [[Ole Christian Kvarme]]
*2017–2025 [[Kari Veiteberg]]
*2025–present [[Sunniva Gylver]]

== Deaneries ==
* [[:no:Oslo domprosti|Oslo arch-deanery]]
* [[:no:Asker prosti|Asker deanery]]
* [[:no:Bærum prosti|Bærum deanery]]
* [[:no:Nordre Aker prosti|Nordre Aker deanery]]
* [[:no:Søndre Aker prosti|Søndre Aker deanery]]
* [[:no:Vestre Aker prosti|Vestre Aker deanery]]
* [[:no:Østre Aker prosti|Østre Aker deanery]]
* '''Nationwide deaneries''':
**[[:no:Døvemenighetene i Den norske kirke|The deaf chaplain deanery]]
**[[:no:Forsvarets tros- og livssynskorps|The military chaplain corps]]

==External links==
*[http://www.kirken.no/oslo/ Official website]
*{{CathEncy|wstitle=Ancient See of Oslo}}

{{Bishops of Norway}}
{{Churches in Oslo arch-deanery}}
{{Churches in Nordre Aker deanery}}
{{Churches in Søndre Aker deanery}}
{{Churches in Vestre Aker deanery}}
{{Churches in Østre Aker-Groruddalen deanery}}
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{{Coord missing|Sweden}}

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