Diocese of Skálholt
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Roman Catholic
- 1056–1080: Ísleifur Gissurarson
- 1082–1118: Gissur Ísleifsson
- 1118–1133: Þorlákur Runólfsson
- 1134–1148: Magnús Einarsson
- 1152–1176: Klængur Þorsteinsson
- 1178–1193: St. Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson
- 1195–1211: Páll Jónsson
- 1216–1237: Magnús Gissurarson
- 1238–1268: Sigvarður Þéttmarsson (Norwegian)
- 1269–1298: Árni Þorláksson
- 1304–1320: Árni Helgason
- 1321–1321: Grímur Skútuson (Norwegian)
- 1322–1339: Jón Halldórsson (Norwegian)
- 1339–1341: Jón Indriðason (Norwegian)
- 1343–1348: Jón Sigurðsson
- 1350–1360: Gyrðir Ívarsson (Norwegian)
- 1362–1364: Þórarinn Sigurðsson (Norwegian)
- 1365–1381: Oddgeir Þorsteinsson (Norwegian)
- 1382–1391: Mikael (Danish)
- 1391–1405: Vilchin Hinriksson (Danish)
- 1406–1413: Jón (Norwegian)
- 1413–1426: Árni Ólafsson
- 1426–1433: Jón Gerreksson (Danish)
- 1435–1437: Jón Vilhjálmsson Craxton (English)
- 1437–1447: Gozewijn Comhaer (Dutch)
- 1448–1462: Marcellus de Niveriis (German)
- 1462–1465: Jón Stefánsson Krabbe (Danish)
- 1466–1475: Sveinn spaki Pétursson
- 1477–1490: Magnús Eyjólfsson
- 1491–1518: Stefán Jónsson
- 1521–1540: Ögmundur Pálsson
Lutheran
- 1540–1548: Gissur Einarsson
- 1549–1557: Marteinn Einarsson
- 1558–1587: Gísli Jónsson
- 1589–1630: Oddur Einarsson
- 1632–1638: Gísli Oddsson
- 1639–1674: Brynjólfur Sveinsson
- 1674–1697: Þórður Þorláksson
- 1698–1720: Jón Vídalín
- 1722–1743: Jón Árnason
- 1744–1745: Ludvig Harboe (Danish)
- 1747–1753: Ólafur Gíslason
- 1754–1785: Finnur Jónsson
- 1777–1796: Hannes Finnsson
- 1797–1801: Geir Vídalín[4]
The diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland.
Suffragan bishopric
The see was discontinued from 1801 to 1909. It was revived in 1909 as a suffragan bishopric to the Bishop of Iceland,[5] with the bishop's cathedra in the traditional Skálholt cathedral church. In 1990, new legislation increased the authority and responsibilities of the Bishop of Skálholt as an assistant bishop in the Reykjavik diocese.[5]
- 1909–1930: Valdimar Briem
- 1931–1936: Sigurður P. Sívertsen
- 1937–1965: Bjarni Jónsson
- 1966–1983: Sigurður Pálsson
- 1983–1989: Ólafur Skúlason
- 1989–1994: Jónas Gíslason
- 1994–2010: Sigurður Sigurðarson
- 2011–2018: Kristján Valur Ingólfsson
- 2018–present: Kristján Björnsson
See also
References
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- Additional sources
- Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ [1] (pre-Reformation bishops).
- Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.