The Catholic Church in Norway (where the state church is Lutheran) and its overseas territories has no ecclesiastical province nor belongs to any (all sees being exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See) nor has a national episcopal conference, but the Norwegian Catholic episcopate partaticipates in the Episcopal conference of Scandinavia.
The three territorial sees are all part of the Latin Church: one diocese in the national capital two missionary territorial prelatures
The Eastern Catholics are pastorally served by a transnational apostolic exarchate from Germany.
There formally is also an Apostolic Nunciature to Norway, as papal embassy-level diplomatic representation, albeit vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Sweden (in Djursholm), as are the nunciatures to Denmark, Finland and Iceland, covering the Nordic countries.
Current jurisdictions
Latin jurisdictions Diocese of Oslo, which also covers Bouvet island Territorial Prelature of Tromsø, which also covers Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitzbergen) Territorial Prelature of Trondheim
Eastern Catholic jurisdiction Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language)
Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia, also covering Germany (with the see in Münich), Denmark, Finland and Sweden
Defunct Latin jurisdictions Early in the 11th century, Norway became christianed. In the Middle Ages, Norway's territory was different, greater than the present. Below is a list of dioceses within the then boundaries, before the Protestant Reformation.
Dioceses subordinate the Archdiocese of Nidaros The Ancient Nidaros Diocese (1015 - 1152) covered North-Western and Northern Norway before the Archdiocese was established.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nidaros (at Trondheim)
The Archdiocese of Nidaros (1152 - 1537) headed an ecclesiastical province which included the following suffragan dioceses.
DioceseTerritoryCathedralFoundedArchdiocese of NidarosCentral and Northern NorwayMain cathedral and seat of the archbishopNidarosdomenNidarosdomen1152Bjørgvin (earlier Selja)Western NorwayChrist Church10681068OsloEastern NorwaySt. Hallvards Cathedral10681068HamarInland of Eastern Norway Ancient Hamar Cathedral11521152StavangerSouth-Western and Southern NorwayStavanger Cathedral11251125KirkjubøurFaroe IslandsSt. Magnus Cathedral1100c. 1100KirkjuvagrOrkney and ShetlandSt. Magnus Cathedral1035c. 1035SuðreyjarIsle of Man, Islands of the Clyde and the HebridesPeel Cathedral11541154SkálholtSouthern IcelandSkálholt Cathedral10561056HólarNorthern IcelandHólar Cathedral11061106GarðarGreenlandGardar Cathedral11241124
Post-Reformation Only direct precursors of the current sees.
See also List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
References
External links GCatholic