This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese is based at the Nidaros Cathedral in the city of Trondheim in Trondheim Municipality.
The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (). Each municipality may have one or more parishes () within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (). Each parish has one or more local church.
The municipality of Trondheim includes several deaneries within the municipality due to its large population. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time. In 1995, the old Sør-Fosen prosti was merged with Orkdal prosti and on the same date the old Nord-Fosen prosti was renamed simply Fosen prosti. On 1 July 2015, the Nærøy prosti, which included Leka Municipality, Vikna Municipality, and Nærøy Municipality, was merged with the Namdal prosti. On 1 January 2020, the old Nord-Innherad prosti and Sør-Innherad prosti were merged to form the new Stiklestad prosti.
Nidaros domprosti The Nidaros arch-deanery () covers the urban city centre of the city of Trondheim, located along the Trondheimsfjorden in Trondheim Municipality. The Nidaros Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros as well as the Dean of the deanery. This arch-deanery is divided into three parishes with a total of five churches.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoTrondheimNidaros Domkirkeog Vår FrueNidaros CathedralTrondheim1070–1300Vår Frue ChurchTrondheim1200Bakklandetog LademoenBakke ChurchTrondheim1715Lademoen ChurchLademoen1905LadeLade ChurchLade1190
Fosen prosti This deanery () covers the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. The area lies between the Norwegian Sea and Trondheim Fjord. It includes the municipalities of Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, and Indre Fosen. The deanery is divided up into 14 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Stadsbygd Church in the village of Stadsbygd in Indre Fosen Municipality.
This deanery was established as Nordre Fosen prosti in 1917 when the historic Fosen prosti was divided into Nordre Fosen prosti in the north and Søndre Fosen prosti in the south. Originally, the Nordre Fosen prosti included the parishes of Bjørnør, Åfjord, Bjugn, and Stadsbygd while Søndre Fosen prosti included the parishes of Frøya, Hitra, Hemne, Agdenes, and Ørland. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery names from "Nordre Fosen prosti" to "Nord-Fosen prosti" and "Søndre Fosen prosti" to "Sør-Fosen prosti". On 1 January 1972, the parish of Ørland Municipality was transferred to this deanery from the Sør-Fosen prosti. On 1 July 1999, the old Sør-Fosen prosti was dissolved and it became part of the Orkdal prosti. On the same date, the name of this deanery was changed to simply Fosen prosti.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoIndre FosenHasselvikaHasselvika ChurchHasselvika1951LeksvikLeksvik ChurchLeksvik1670RissaFines ChurchVerrabotn1913Rissa ChurchLeira1888Rein ChurchReinsgrenda1932StadsbygdStadsbygd ChurchStadsbygd1842StrandaStranda ChurchVanvikan1897Sør-StjørnaFrengen ChurchFrengen1972Ramsvik ChurchRåkvåg1909OsenOsenOsen ChurchSteinsdalen1877Seter ChapelSeter1969ØrlandBjugnBjugn ChurchBjugn1956Heggvik ChurchHøybakken1858JøssundJøssund ChurchJøssund1875NesNes ChurchNes1878Tarva ChapelTarva1972ØrlandØrland ChurchBrekstad1342Storfosna ChurchStorfosna1915ÅfjordRoanRoan ChurchRoan1702ÅfjordÅfjord ChurchÅrnes1879StoksundStoksund ChurchRevsnes1825
Gauldal prosti This deanery () covers the Gauldalen valley and surrounding areas in southern Trøndelag county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Holtålen, Melhus, Midtre Gauldal, Oppdal, Rennebu, and Røros. The deanery is headquartered at Støren Church in the village of Støren in Midtre Gauldal Municipality.
The deanery was established on 20 April 1911 when the old Nordre Dalernes prosti and Søndre Dalernes prosti were dissolved and split into three new deaneries. On that date, the parishes of Støren, Holtålen, Røros from Søndre Dalernes prosti and the parish of Melhus from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Orkedalens prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Guldalen prosti" to "Gauldal prosti". In 2000, the parishes of Oppdal and Rennebu were moved from Orkdal prosti to Gauldal prosti.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoHoltålenHaltdalenHaltdalen ChurchHaltdalen1881Haltdalen Stave ChurchHaltdalen**Moved to a museum in Trondheim**1170Aunegrenda ChapelAunegrenda1952HessdalenHessdalen ChurchHessdalen1940ÅlenÅlen ChurchRenbygda1881MelhusFlåFlå ChurchLer1794HorgHorg ChurchLundamo1892HølondaHølonda ChurchGåsbakken1848MelhusMelhus ChurchStorsand1892Midtre GauldalBudalBudal ChurchEnodden1754SingsåsSingsås ChurchSingsås1884SoknedalSoknedal ChurchSoknedal1933StørenStøren ChurchStøren1817OppdalFagerhaugFagerhaug ChurchFagerhaug1921LønsetLønset ChurchLønset1863OppdalOppdal ChurchOppdal1651St. Mikael's ChapelDrivdalen2012RennebuBerkåkBerkåk ChurchBerkåk1878InnsetInnset ChurchInnset2000RennebuRennebu ChurchVoll1669Nerskogen ChapelNerskogen1962RørosRørosRøros ChurchRøros1784Røros ChapelRøros1962BrekkenBrekken ChurchBrekken1878GlåmosGlåmos ChurchGlåmos1926HitterdalenHitterdal ChapelHitterdalen1959
Heimdal og Byåsen prosti This deanery () covers the southern and western areas of Trondheim Municipality. The deanery is divided up into eight parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Heimdal Church in the village of Heimdal in Trondheim Municipality.
The deanery was established on 1 October 2017 when the old Byåsen prosti was merged with the Heimdal prosti. The old Byåsen prosti covered the western part of the city centre of Trondheim. The Dean of the old deanery of Byåsen was headquartered at the Byåsen Church in the Byåsen area of Trondheim. Byåsen prosti was created in 2004 when the Byåsen and Sverresborg parishes from the Heimdal prosti and the Ilen parish from Nidaros domprosti were moved to the new deanery.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoTrondheimByneset ogLeinstrandByneset ChurchByneset1180Leinstrand ChurchNypan1673ByåsenByåsen ChurchByåsen1974HeimdalHeimdal ChurchHeimdal1960IlenIlen ChurchIla1889KlæbuKlæbu ChurchKlæbu1790Vassfjell ChapelVassfjellet1974KolstadKolstad ChurchKolstad1986SverresborgHavstein ChurchSverresborg1857Sverresborg ChurchSverresborg2014TillerTiller ChurchTiller1901
Namdal prosti This deanery () covers the vast northern part of Trøndelag county, covering the municipalities of Lierne, Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Høylandet, Overhalla, Namsos, Flatanger, Nærøysund, and Leka. Those municipalities are further divided up into 17 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Namsos Church in the town of Namsos in Namsos Municipality.
This deanery was established in 1973 when the old Indre Namdal prosti (Lierne, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos) and Ytre Namdal prosti (Flatanger and Fosnes) were merged to form the new Namdal prosti (the parish of Snåsa, from Indre Namdal prosti, became part of Nord-Innherad prosti at the same time). On 1 July 2015, the old Nærøy prosti was dissolved and all of its parishes in Nærøy, Leka, and Vikna municipalities were merged into the Namdal prosti. On 1 January 2020, the churches in the old Namdalseid Municipality were moved to Namdal prosti when the municipality became part of the large Namsos Municipality.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoFlatangerFlatangerLøvøy ChurchLøvøya1871Vik ChurchVik1873GrongGrongGrong ChurchMedjå1877HarranGløshaug ChurchGartland1689Harran ChurchHarran1874HøylandetHøylandetDrageid ChurchVassbotna1976 Høylandet ChurchHøylandet1860Kongsmo ChapelKongsmoen1937 LekaLekaLeka ChurchLeknes1867LierneNordliNordli ChurchSandvika1873Tunnsjø ChapelTunnsjø senter1873SørliSørli ChurchMebygda1876 NamsosFosnesDun ChurchDun1949Fosnes ChapelFosnesvågen on Jøa1926Lund ChapelLund1965Salen ChapelSalsnes1953KlingaKlinga ChurchKlinga1866NamdalseidNamdalseid ChurchNamdalseid1858NamsosNamsos ChurchNamsos1960OtterøyOtterøy ChurchOtterøya1858StatlandStatland ChurchStatland1992VemundvikVemundvik ChurchVemundvik1875 NamsskoganNamsskoganTrones ChurchTrones1832 Bjørhusdal ChurchNamsskogan1970Skorovatn ChapelSkorovatn1965NærøysundNærøyFoldereid ChurchFoldereid1863Gravvik ChurchGravvika1875Kolvereid ChurchKolvereid1874Lundring ChurchLundring1885Salsbruket ChapelSalsbruket1950Steine ChapelSteine1911Torstad ChapelTorstad1936ViknaGarstad ChurchGarstad1856Rørvik ChurchRørvik1896Valøy ChapelValøya1972OverhallaOverhallaRanem ChurchRanemsletta1187Skage ChurchHunn1903RøyrvikRøyrvikRøyrvik ChurchRøyrvik1828
Orkdal prosti This deanery () covers the southwestern coastal part of Trøndelag county. The deanery covers the municipalities of Frøya, Heim, Hitra, Orkland, Skaun and Rindal. The deanery is headquartered at Orkdal Church in the village of Fannrem in Orkland Municipality.
The deanery was established on 20 April 1911 when the old Nordre Dalernes prosti and Søndre Dalernes prosti were dissolved and split into three new deaneries. On that date, the parishes of Orkdal, Meldal, Rennebu, and Oppdal from Søndre Dalernes prosti and the parish of Børsen from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Orkedalens prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Orkedal prosti" to "Orkdal prosti". In 2000, the parishes of Hitra, Frøya, and Hemne were moved from the Sør-Fosen prosti to Orkdal prosti and on the same date the parishes of Oppdal and Rennebu were moved from this deanery to the neighboring Gauldal prosti. In 2020, Rindal Municipality was moved to this deanery from the Diocese of Møre after the municipality changed counties in 2019.
MunicipalityParish ()ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoFrøyaFrøyaHallaren ChurchStorhallaren1881Sletta ChurchSletta (northern Frøya)1990Froan ChapelFroan1904Måøy ChapelMausund1939Sula ChapelSula1925Titran ChapelTitran1873HeimHalsaHalsa ChurchHalsanaustan1734Valsøyfjord ChurchValsøyfjord1864HeimHeim ChurchHeim1883HemneHemne ChurchKyrksæterøra1817VinjeVinje ChurchVinjeøra1824HitraHitra og FillanHitra ChurchMelandsjøen1927Dolm ChurchDolmøya1188Fillan ChurchFillan1789Nordbotn ChurchNordbotn1900Kvenvær ogSandstadKvenvær ChurchKvenvær1909Forsnes ChapelForsnes1935Sandstad ChurchSandstad1888OrklandAgdenesAgdenes ChurchVernes1857Lensvik ChurchLensvik1863Ingdalen ChapelIngdalen1960GeitastrandGeitastrand ChurchGeitastrand1859LøkkenLøkken ChurchBjørnli1929OrkangerOrkanger ChurchOrkanger1892OrkdalOrkdal ChurchFannrem1893Søvasskjølen ChurchSvorksjødalen1981OrklandMoe ChurchVormstad1867MeldalMeldal ChurchMeldal1988SnillfjordSnillfjord ChurchKrokstadøra1898RindalRindalRindal ChurchRindal1874Øvre Rindal ChapelTiset1911SkaunSkaunSkaun ChurchSkaun1183BuvikBuvik ChurchBuvika1819BørsaBørsa ChurchBørsa1857
Stiklestad prosti This deanery () covers the Innherad district in central Trøndelag county. The deanery includes the municipalities of Snåsa, Steinkjer, Inderøy, Verdal, Levanger, and Frosta. The deanery is headquartered at Stiklestad Church in the village of Stiklestad in Verdal Municipality.