List of churches in Rogaland

This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Stavanger in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Rogaland county. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger in Stavanger Municipality.

Map of the church deaneries (Norwegian: prostier) in the Diocese of Stavanger which covers all of Rogaland county.

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church.^[1]

The municipality of Stavanger is a special case since it has a large population and a large area. The central part of the city is its own deanery and the areas surrounding the city centre belong to a different deanery, and the outlying island areas belong to another deanery. The number, size, and compositions of the deaneries in the diocese have changed over time, most recently in 2013 when two deaneries were merged to form the new Ryfylke deanery.

Stavanger domprosti

This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) covers the central part of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger in the western part of Stavanger Municipality.

This deanery has been around since the Middle Ages. On 1 January 1925, the deanery was divided with the areas in the city centre of Stavanger (Domkirken, St. Petri, and St. Johannes) remaining in the Stavanger domprosti and the rest of the old deanery (Hetland, Høgsfjord, Strand, Finnøy, and Rennesøy) became part of the new Hetland prosti (later renamed Søre Ryfylke prosti) which included the central parts of the county.^[2][3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Stavanger	Stavanger domkirke og St. Petri	Stavanger Cathedral	Stavanger	1150
		St. Petri Church	Stavanger	1866
	Bekkefaret	Bekkefaret Church	Bekkefaret	1977
	Hundvåg	Hundvåg Church	Hundvåg	1983
	Kampen	Kampen Church	Eiganes og Våland	1957
	St. Johannes	Frue Church (Hetland Church)	Stavanger	1854
		St. Johannes Church	Stavanger	1909
	Stokka	Stokka Church	Stokka	1974
	Tjensvoll	Tjensvoll Church	Tjensvoll	1978
	Varden	Varden Church	Varden	1967

Dalane prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the southern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Eigersund, Bjerkreim, Sokndal, and Lund. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Egersund in Eigersund municipality.

The deanery was created in the Middle Ages, and its borders have changed very few times since then. On 1 January 1825, the Flekkefjord and Hitterø parishes were transferred out of Dalane prosti to the neighboring Lister prosti. In 1862, the Bakke and Sirdal parishes were transferred out of Dalane prosti and into the neighboring Flekkefjord prosti.^[4] In 1988, the Ogna parish was transferred to the neighboring Jæren prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bjerkreim	Bjerkreim	Bjerkreim Church	Bjerkreim	1835
		Ivesdal Chapel	Øvrebygd	1876
Eigersund	Egersund	Egersund Church	Egersund	1607
		Bakkebø Church	Egersund	1960
	Eigerøy	Eigerøy Church	Eigerøya	1998
	Helleland	Helleland Church	Helleland	1832
Lund	Heskestad	Heskestad Church	Heskestad	1904
	Lund	Lund Church	Moi	1812
Sokndal	Sokndal	Sokndal Church	Hauge	1803
		Åna-Sira Church	Åna-Sira	1888

Haugaland prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the northwestern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Haugesund, Bokn, Tysvær, Utsira, and Vindafjord. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Haugesund in the municipality of Haugesund.

The deanery was historically called Karmsund prosti, a deanery dating back to the Middle Ages. It historically encompassed all of the areas surrounding the Karmsund strait, west of Ryfylke. By 2006, the membership of the deanery had grown so large, it was divided into two: all of the parishes in the municipality of Karmøy were moved to the new Karmøy prosti and the rest remained in the deanery which was renamed Haugesund prosti. In 2013, the parishes from Vindafjord municipality were moved here, and the name was changed from Haugesund prosti to Haugaland prosti.^[5]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bokn	Bokn	Bokn Church	Føresvik	1847
Haugesund	Rossabø	Rossabø Church	Rossabø	1972
	Skåre	Skåre Church	Haugesund	1858
		Udland Church	Haugesund	2002
	Vår Frelser	Vår Frelsers Church	Haugesund	1901
Tysvær	Førresfjorden	Aksdal Church	Aksdal	1995
		Førre Church	Førre	1893
	Nedstrand	Nedstrand Church	Hindaråvåg	1868
		Skjoldastraumen Church	Skjoldastraumen	1910
	Tysvær	Tysvær Church	Tysvær	1852
Utsira	Utsira	Utsira Church	Utsira	1785
Vindafjord	Imsland	Imsland Church	Imslandsjøen	1861
	Sandeid	Sandeid Church	Sandeid	1904
	Skjold	Skjold Church	Skjold	1999
	Vats	Vats Church	Vats	1855
	Vikebygd	Vikebygd Church	Vikebygd	1937
	Vikedal	Vikedal Church	Vikedal	1881
	Ølen og Bjoa	Ølen Church	Ølensjøen	1874
		Bjoa Church	Bjoa	1895

Jæren prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the west-central part of Rogaland county, south of the city of Stavanger, including the municipalities of Gjesdal, Hå, Klepp, and Time. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Bryne in the municipality of Time. There is one parish (sokn) in this deanery that crosses municipal boundary lines. The Frøyland og Orstad parish includes parts of both Time and Klepp municipalities. This is the only such parish in Norway.

The deanery of Jæderen has been around since the Middle Ages and it has always included the coastal areas south of the city of Stavanger. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Jæderen prosti" to "Jæren prosti".^[6] In 1988, the parishes of Randaberg and Høle transferred from Ryfylke prosti to Jæren prosti and the Ogna parish was transferred from Dalane prosti to Jæren. On 1 May 1997, the parishes in Sola and Sandnes municipalities were separated from Jæren prosti to form the new Sandnes prosti.^[7]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gjesdal	Gjesdal	Dirdal Church	Dirdal	1903
		Gjesdal Church	Gjesdal	1848
		Oltedal Church	Oltedal	2002
	Ålgård	Ålgård Church	Ålgård	2015
		Old Ålgård Church	Ålgård	1917
Hå	Nærbø	Nærbø Church	Nærbø	2005
		Old Nærbø Church	Nærbø	1834
	Ogna	Ogna Church	Ogna	1995
	Varhaug	Varhaug Church	Varhaug	1904
Klepp	Bore	Bore Church	Bore	1891
	Klepp	Klepp Church	Kleppe	1846
	Orre	Orre Church	Pollestad	1950
		Old Orre Church	Orre	1250
Klepp/Time	Frøyland og Orstad	Frøyland og Orstad Church	Orstad/Kvernaland	2008
Time	Bryne	Bryne Church	Bryne	1979
	Time	Time Church	Time (just outside Bryne)	1859
	Undheim	Undheim Church	Undheim	2001

Karmøy prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the municipality of Karmøy which includes the island of Karmøy and a small area on the mainland of northwestern Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Avaldsnes in the municipality of Karmøy.

The deanery was created on 1 January 2006 when it was split off from the old Karmsund prosti. The remainder of the old deanery was renamed Haugesund prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Karmøy	Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes Church	Avaldsnes	1250
	Falnes	Falnes Church	Skudeneshavn	1851
	Ferkingstad	Ferkingstad Church	Ferkingstad	1854
	Kopervik	Kopervik Church	Kopervik	2016
	Norheim	Norheim Church	Norheim	1978
	Torvastad	Torvastad Church	Torvastad	1880
	Vedavågen	Vedavågen Church	Veavågen	2009
	Åkra	Åkra Church	Åkrahamn	1985
		Old Åkra Church	Åkrahamn	1821

Ryfylke prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the northeastern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Hjelmeland, and Strand. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Hjelmelandsvågen in the municipality of Hjelmeland.

Historically, there was a Ryfylke deanery since the Middle Ages. Over time, its boundaries were changed and moved. On 1 March 1988, the deanery was renamed Nordre Ryfylke prosti (and at the same time, the old Hetland prosti was renamed Søre Ryfylke prosti). Also on that date, the parishes in the municipality of Hjelmeland were transferred from Nordre Ryfylke to Søre Ryfylke. In 2013, Nordre Ryfylke prosti and Søre Ryfylke prosti were merged to form the present Ryfylke prosti.^[2] In 2020, the parishes in the former municipality of Forsand were moved from here to the neighboring Sandnes prosti.^[8]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Hjelmeland	Fister	Fister Church	Fister	1867
	Hjelmeland	Hjelmeland Church	Hjelmelandsvågen	1858
	Årdal	Årdal Church	Årdal	1919
		Old Årdal Church	Årdal	1619
Sauda	Sauda	Sauda Church	Sauda	1866
		Solbrekk Chapel	Sauda	1958
		Hellandsbygd Chapel	Hellandsbygd	1956
		Saudasjøen Chapel	Saudasjøen	1973
Strand	Jørpeland	Jørpeland Church	Jørpeland	1969
	Strand	Strand Church	Tau	1874
Suldal	Erfjord	Erfjord Church	Hålandsosen	1877
	Jelsa	Jelsa Church	Jelsa	1647
	Sand	Sand Church	Sand	1853
		Marvik Chapel	Marvik	1920
	Suldal	Suldal Church	Suldalsosen	1852
		Nesflaten Chapel	Nesflaten	1853

Sandnes prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the municipality of Sandnes in the west-central part of Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Sandnes.

The deanery was created in 1998 when the parishes in Sola and Sandnes municipalities were removed from the large Jæren prosti. In 2006, the parishes in Sola municipality were transferred to the neighboring Tungenes prosti, leaving just the parishes in Sandnes municipality in this deanery. In 2020, the parishes in the former municipality of Forsand were moved from Ryfylke prosti to this one.^[8]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Sandnes	Bogafjell	Bogafjell Church	Bogafjell	2012
	Forsand	Forsand Church	Forsand	1854
		Lyse Chapel	Lysebotn	1961
	Gand	Gand Church	Sandved	1978
		Julebygda Chapel	Malmheim og Soma	1957
	Hana	Hana Church	Hana	1997
	Høle	Høle Church	Høle	1860
	Høyland	Høyland Church	Austrått	1841
		Sviland Church	Sviland	1913
	Lura	Lura Church	Lura	1987
	Riska	Riska Church	Hommersåk	1999
		Old Riska Church	Hommersåk	1877
	Sandnes	Sandnes Church	Sandnes sentrum	1882

Tungenes prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the central part of Rogaland county, in the area around the Boknafjorden. It includes the municipalities of Randaberg, Kvitsøy, and Sola, plus the eastern island portion of Stavanger. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Randaberg in the municipality of Randaberg.

The deanery was created in 1998 when the parishes in Randaberg and Kvitsøy were removed from the large Jæren prosti along with six parishes from the Stavanger domprosti (Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Sunde, Tasta, Vardeneset, and Tjensvoll). In 2006, several other changes took place: the parish of Tjensvoll was moved to the new Ytre Stavanger prosti, all of the parishes in Sola were moved to this deanery from Sandnes prosti, and all of the parishes in Rennesøy and Finnøy were moved to this deanery from Søre Ryfylke prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Kvitsøy	Kvitsøy	Kvitsøy Church	Kvitsøy	1620
Randaberg	Grødem	Grødem Church	Grødem	2000
	Randaberg	Randaberg Church	Randaberg	1845
Sola	Ræge	Ræge Church	north of Stenebyen	2009
	Sola	Sola Church	Solakrossen	2020
		Sola Chapel	Solakrossen	1955
	Sørnes	Sørnes Church	Sørnes	1977
	Tananger	Tananger Church	Tananger	2002
		Tananger Chapel	Tananger	1879
Stavanger	Hesby	Hesby Church	Finnøy	c. 1100
	Mosterøy	Askje Church	Askje	1846
		Austre Åmøy Chapel	Austre Åmøy	1904
		Utstein Church	Klosterøy	1280
		Vestre Åmøy Chapel	Western Åmøy	1953
	Rennesøy	Hausken Church	Vikevåg	1857
		Sørbø Church	Sørbø	1130
	Sjernarøy	Sjernarøy Church	Kyrkjøy in Sjernarøyane	1647
		Jørstad Church	Jørstadvågen on Ombo	1929
	Talgje	Fogn Church	Fogn	1991
		Talgje Church	Talgje	c. 1100

Ytre Stavanger prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the outer parts of the city of Stavanger in western Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in Madlamark in the western part of the city of Stavanger.

This deanery was created on 1 January 2006 when five parishes from Tungenes prosti (Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Sunde, Tasta, and Vardeneset) and three parishes from the Stavanger domprosti (Hinna, Hillevåg, and Gausel) were combined to form a new deanery that surrounds the city centre of Stavanger.^[9]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Stavanger	Gausel	Gausel Church	Gausel	1996
	Hafrsfjord	Revheim Church	Sør-Sunde	1865
	Hillevåg	Hillevåg Church	Hillevåg	1961
	Hinna	Hinna Church	Hinna	1967
	Madlamark	Madlamark Church	Madlamark	1976
	Sunde	Sunde Church	Sunde	1984
	Tasta	Tasta Church	Indre Tasta	1977
	Vardeneset	Vardeneset Church	Ytre Tasta	2000

References

1. "Stavanger bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kyrkje. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
2. "A -101824 - Søre Ryfylke prosti". ArkivPortalen (in Norwegian). Statsarkivet i Stavanger. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
3. "A-101811 - Stavanger domprosti". ArkivPortalen (in Norwegian). Statsarkivet i Stavanger. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. "A -101806 - Dalane prosti". ArkivPortalen (in Norwegian). Statsarkivet i Stavanger. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
5. "A -101858 - Karmsund prosti". ArkivPortalen (in Norwegian). Statsarkivet i Stavanger. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
6. Norsk Lovtidende (in Norwegian). Grøndahl. 1922. pp. 195–196. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
7. "A -101793 - Jæren prosti". ArkivPortalen (in Norwegian). Statsarkivet i Stavanger. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
8. "Møteprotokall Stavanger bispedømmeråd" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Stavanger bispedømme. 19 May 2019.
9. "Nye prostier i Stavanger bispedømme" (in Norwegian). 2 September 2005. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2023.