The Diocese of Skálholt ( ) is a suffragan diocese of the Church of Iceland. 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. The Diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland under the leadership of the Bishop of Iceland.http://www.jeanscape.com/skalholt/ In 1909, the diocese was restored as a suffragan see, with the Bishop of Skálholt being a suffragan bishop to the Bishop of Iceland.
Roman Catholic 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
Lutheran 1540–1548: Gissur Einarsson 1549–1557: Marteinn Einarsson 1558–1587: Gísli Jónsson 1589–1630: Oddur Einarsson 1632–1638: Gísli Oddsson 1639–1674: Brynjólfur Sveinsson 1674–1697: Þórður Þorláksson 1698–1720: Jón Vídalín 1722–1743: Jón Árnason 1744–1745: Ludvig Harboe (Danish) 1747–1753: Ólafur Gíslason 1754–1785: Finnur Jónsson 1777–1796: Hannes Finnsson 1797–1801: Geir Vídalín
The diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland.
Suffragan bishopric The see was discontinued from 1801 to 1909. It was revived in 1909 as a suffragan bishopric to the Bishop of Iceland, with the bishop's cathedra in the traditional Skálholt cathedral church. In 1990, new legislation increased the authority and responsibilities of the Bishop of Skálholt as an assistant bishop in the Reykjavik diocese.
1909–1930: Valdimar Briem 1931–1936: Sigurður P. Sívertsen 1937–1965: Bjarni Jónsson 1966–1983: Sigurður Pálsson 1983–1989: Ólafur Skúlason 1989–1994: Jónas Gíslason 1994–2010: Sigurður Sigurðarson 2011–2018: Kristján Valur Ingólfsson 2018–present: Kristján Björnsson
See also Bishop of Iceland List of Hólar bishops
References
Additional sources Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ (pre-Reformation bishops). Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.