Diocese of Reykjavík

The Diocese of Reykjavík () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church which covers the whole of the country of Iceland, and numbered 14,723 Catholics as of 2022. It is directly subject to the Holy See.Catholic Hierarchy

History

The Apostolic Prefecture of Iceland was created in 1923 and this was elevated to an Apostolic Administration in 1929, which in turn was elevated to the status of a diocese in 1968. In 2015 the then bishop, Pierre Bürcher retired and Father Dávid Bartimej Tencer, OFM Cap., was appointed to succeed him as the fifth bishop of the diocese. The bishop of Reykjavík participates in the Scandinavian Bishops Conference. The vicar general is Fr. Patrick Breen, rector of Landakot Cathedral, Christ the King Parish.

The Diocese of Reykjavík is a modern creation. The medieval church was represented by the sees of Skálholt (created 1056) and Hólar (1106), but these became Lutheran during the Reformation. (These two sees were amalgamated in 1801 into a single diocese under the Bishop of Iceland in the Lutheran Church of Iceland.) Iceland remained without Roman Catholic prelates until the Apostolic Prefecture was established at Reykjavík in 1923.New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia: Iceland

Episcopal ordinaries

The following most recent heads of the Catholic Church in Iceland were bishops:

Vicars Apostolic of IcelandBishopTermAppointorCoat of arms1 Martin Meulenberg 1923 - 1941Pope Pius XI2 Jóhannes Gunnarsson1924 - 1967Pope Pius XII

Bishops of ReykjavíkBishopTermAppointorCoat of arms1 Hendrik Hubert Frehen 1968 - 1986Pope Paul VI2 Alfred Jolson1987 - 1994John Paul II3 Joannes Gijsen1996 - 2007John Paul II4 Pierre Bürcher2007 - 2015Benedict XVI5 Dávid Bartimej Tencer2015-Pope Francis

Diocese of Reykjavík

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