Editing Diocese of Møre

{{Short description|Diocese of the Church of Norway}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name         = Møre
|local        = {{lang|no|Møre bispedomme}}
|image        = Moldedomkirke.jpg
|caption      = [[Molde Cathedral]]
|country      = [[Norway]]
|territory    = [[Møre og Romsdal]]
|denomination = [[Church of Norway]]
|established  = 1983
|bishop       = [[Ingeborg Midttømme]]
|cathedral    = [[Molde Cathedral]]
|deaneries    = 7 ''prosti''
|parishes     = 41
|members      = 214,116
|website      = [http://www.kirken.no/more kirken.no/more]
|map          = Bispedømmer_i_Norge.svg
|map_caption  = Location of the Diocese of Møre
}}

The '''Diocese of Møre''' ({{langx|no|Møre bispedømme}}) is a [[diocese]] in the [[Church of Norway]] which geographically consists of [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. Its [[bishop]] is seated at the [[Molde Cathedral]] which is located in the county administrative center of [[Molde (town)|Molde]]. {{As of|2008}}, the Bishop of Møre is [[Ingeborg Midttømme]].

The diocese was established on 18 September 1983, when the district of [[Sunnmøre]] was removed from the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]] to the south, and the [[Romsdal]] and [[Nordmøre]] districts were removed from the [[Diocese of Nidaros]] to the north.  The three districts (which correspond to Møre og Romsdal county) were used to form the new diocese.<ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/M%C3%B8re_bisped%C3%B8mme|title=Møre bispedømme|author=Store norske leksikon|author-link=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirken.no/more/tekstsider.cfm?id=33828|title=Vegen fram til 1983|language=no|author=Den Norske Kyrkja|access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref>

==Structure==
The Diocese of Møre is divided into six [[deanery|deaneries]] ({{langx|no|prosti}}). Each one corresponds to several municipalities in the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more [[parish]]es which each contain one or more congregations. See each municipality below for lists of churches and parishes within them.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Deanery ({{lang|no|Prosti}}) !! Municipalities
|-
|[[Molde domprosti]]||[[Aukra Municipality|Aukra]], [[Hustadvika Municipality|Hustadvika]], [[Molde Municipality|Molde]]
|-
|[[Søre Sunnmøre prosti]]||[[Hareid Municipality|Hareid]], [[Herøy Municipality (Møre og Romsdal)|Herøy]], [[Sande Municipality (Møre og Romsdal)|Sande]], [[Ulstein Municipality|Ulstein]], [[Vanylven Municipality|Vanylven]], [[Volda Municipality|Volda]], [[Ørsta Municipality|Ørsta]]
|-
|[[Nordre Sunnmøre prosti]]||[[Fjord Municipality|Fjord]], [[Giske Municipality|Giske]], [[Haram Municipality|Haram]], [[Stranda Municipality|Stranda]], [[Sula Municipality|Sula]], [[Sykkylven Municipality|Sykkylven]], [[Ålesund Municipality|Ålesund]]
|-
|[[Indre Romsdal prosti]]||[[Rauma Municipality|Rauma]], [[Vestnes Municipality|Vestnes]]
|-
|[[Ytre Nordmøre prosti]]||[[Aure Municipality|Aure]], [[Averøy Municipality|Averøy]], [[Kristiansund Municipality|Kristiansund]], [[Smøla Municipality|Smøla]]
|-
|[[Indre Nordmøre prosti]]||[[Gjemnes Municipality|Gjemnes]], [[Sunndal Municipality|Sunndal]], [[Surnadal Municipality|Surnadal]], [[Tingvoll Municipality|Tingvoll]]
|}

{{See also|List of churches in Møre og Romsdal}}

==Bishops==
The following people have led the diocese as [[bishop]] since the founding of the diocese:
* Since 2008: [[Ingeborg Midttømme]]
* 1991–2008: [[Odd Bondevik]]
* 1983–1991: [[Ole Nordhaug]]

==Name==
The name of the diocese (''Møre'') is the result of a compromise between county's three districts. [[Sunnmøre]], with almost half of the population, would accept that the bishop be located in the geographical center of the diocese&mdash;[[Molde (town)|Molde]] in [[Romsdal]]&mdash;if that region's name (Romsdal) be excluded from the name of the diocese.

The name of the corresponding county was ''Møre [[fylke]]'' during the period from 1919–1935, and ''Romsdal [[amt (subnational entity)|amt]]'' from 1660–1919. However, the name is old ([[Old Norse]]: ''Mœrr''), and it is probably derived from the word ''marr'' which means "[[ocean]]" or "sea".  The meaning is then "coastal district". (A coastal district in [[Sweden]] has the same name: [[Möre]].)

The ambiguous designation ''møring''&mdash;"person from Møre"&mdash;is used strictly about people from Nordmøre (and less frequently for people from Sunnmøre), excluding the people from Romsdal (while, consequently, ''romsdaling''&mdash;"person from Romsdal"&mdash; is used about the latter).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kirken.no/more Official website of the diocese] {{in lang|no}}

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