List of bishops of Hólar

The following people were bishops of Hólar, Iceland:

Roman Catholic

Former bishopric

1106–1121: St. Jón Ögmundsson
1122–1145: Ketill Þorsteinsson
1147–1162: Björn Gilsson
1163–1201: Brandur Sæmundsson
1203–1237: Guðmundur góði Arason
1238–1247: Bótólfur
1247–1260: Heinrekur Kársson
1263–1264: Brandur Jónsson
1267–1313: Jörundur Þorsteinsson
1313–1322: Auðunn rauði Þorbergsson
1324–1331: Lárentíus Kálfsson
1332–1341: Egill Eyjólfsson
1342–1356: Ormr Ásláksson
1358–1390: Jón skalli Eiríksson
1391–1411: Pétur Nikulásson
1411–1423: Jón Henriksson
1425–1435: Jón Vilhjálmsson
1435–1440: Jón Bloxwich
1441–1441: Róbert Wodbor
1442–1457: Gottskálk Keneksson
1458–1495: Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
1496–1520: Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson
1524–1550: Jón Arason

Titular see

(list missing)

Lutheran

1552–1569: Ólafur Hjaltason
1571–1627: Guðbrandur Þorláksson
1628–1656: Þorlákur Skúlason
1657–1684: Gísli Þorláksson
1684–1690: Jón Vigfússon
1692–1696: Einar Þorsteinsson
1697–1710: Björn Þorleifsson
1711–1739: Steinn Jónsson
1741–1745: Ludvig Harboe
1746–1752: Halldór Brynjólfsson
1755–1779: Gísli Magnússon
1780–1781: Jón Teitsson
1784–1787: Árni Þórarinsson
1789–1798: Sigurður Stefánsson

The Diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Reykjavik. There is still a current Bishop of Hólar, as it is now a Suffragan See (Anglican/Lutheran sense) in the Reykjavik diocese.

Sources

Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland (pre-Reformation bishops).
Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.

External links

GigaCatholic with incumbent lists and linked biographies