The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skálholt has been a titular see of the Catholic Church since 1968. It was the estate of the first bishop in Iceland, Isleifr Gizurarson, who became bishop in 1056. Christianity had been formally adopted in 1000. His son, Gizurr, donated it to become the official see of the Diocese. It ceased its functions as a Roman Catholic diocese with the Reformation. Coordinates: 64.1252, -20.5246
Roman Catholic bishops 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
Titular see In 1968, the former Catholic bishopric was revived as a titular see. Holders of the title have been: Archbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. (19 December 1968 – 9 April 1979; former Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi) Bishop Alphonsus Maria H.A. Castermans (15 January 1982 – 21 April 2008), Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands, from 1982 to 1997 Bishop Paul Mason (23 April 2016 – 9 July 2019), Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK), appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the UK Archbishop Antoine Camilleri (4 October 2019 – present), Apostolic Nuncio
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Additional sources
Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.
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