Titular Episcopal See of Hólar, Iceland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Hólar (latine) / Hólar (Italiano) / Holaren(sis) (Latin)

Location: Hólar, m. Nidrosia (Trondheim), Iceland

History

1106: Established as Diocese of Hólar (latine) / Hólar (Italiano) / Holaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Skálholt and became suffragan of Lund)
1153: Became suffragan of Nidaros
1538: Without ecclesiastical province
1550: Suppressed
1929: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Hólar (latine) / Hólar (Italiano) / Holaren(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2022.09.24 – ...):

Bishop Dariusz Zalewski (51)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Hólar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jón Arason
(1520.12.22 – 1550.11.07)

Born:	1484
Ordained Priest:	1504
Consecrated Bishop:	1522
Died:	1550.11.07 († 65)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1520.12.22 – 1550.11.07)

Bishop Gottskálk Nikulásson
(1497.05 – 1520.12.08)

Died:

1520.12.08

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1497.05 – 1520.12.08)

Bishop Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
(1459 – 1495.07.15)

Consecrated Bishop:	1459
Died:	1495.07.15

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1459 – 1495.07.15)

Bishop Gottskálk Keneksson
(1444 – 1457)

Consecrated Bishop:	1442
Died:	1457

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1444 – 1457)

Bishop Róbert Wodbor, O.E.S.A.
(1441.07.14 – ?)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1441.07.14 – ?)

Bishop Jón Bloxwich, O. Carm.
(1435.01.05 – ?)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1435.01.05 – ?)

Bishop Jón Vilhjálmsson, O.E.S.A.
(1426.03.23 – 1435.01.05)

Consecrated Bishop:

1426.03.23

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1426.03.23 – 1435.01.05)

Bishop of Skálholt (Iceland) (1435.01.05 – ?)

Bishop Truto, O.F.M.
(1425.05.25 – 1426)

Died:

1426

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1425.05.25 – 1426)

Bishop Jón Henriksson, O.P.
(1411.12.23 – ?)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1411.12.23 – ?)

Bishop Pétur Nikulásson, O.P.
(1391.01.23 – ?)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (? – 1391.01.23)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1391.01.23 – ?)

Bishop Jón Skalli Eiríksson
(1358 – 1391.08.10)

Died:

1391.08.10

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1358 – 1391.08.10)

Bishop Ormur Ásláksson
(1343 – 1356.11.01)

Died:

1356.11.01

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1343 – 1356.11.01)

Bishop Egill Eyjólfsson
(1331 – 1341.08.12)

Died:

1341.08.12

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1331 – 1341.08.12)

Bishop Lárentíus Kálfsson, O.S.B.
(1323.06.24 – 1331.04.16)

Died:

1331.04.16

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1323.06.24 – 1331.04.16)

Bishop Auðunn Rauði
(1313.11.28 – 1321.01.27)

Died:

1321.01.27

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1313.11.28 – 1321.01.27)

Bishop Jörundur Þorsteinsson
(1267.06 – 1313.02.01)

Died:

1313.02.01

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1267.06 – 1313.02.01)

Bishop Brandur Jónsson
(1263.03.04 – 1264.05.26)

Died:

1264.05.26

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1263.03.04 – 1264.05.26)

Bishop Heinrekur Kársson
(1247 – 1260)

Died:

1260

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1247 – 1260)

Bishop Bótólfur
(1238 – 1246)

Died:

1246

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1238 – 1246)

Bishop Guðmundur Góði Arason
(1203.02.22 – 1237.03.16)

Died:

1237.03.16

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1203.02.22 – 1237.03.16)

Bishop Brandur Sæmundsson
(1163.09.08 – 1201.08.06)

Died:

1201.08.06

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1163.09.08 – 1201.08.06)

Bishop Björn Gilsson
(1147.05.04 – 1162.10.20)

Died:

1162.10.20

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1147.05.04 – 1162.10.20)

Bishop Ketill Þorsteinsson
(1122.02.12 – 1145.07.07)

Died:

1145.07.07

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1122.02.12 – 1145.07.07)

Saint Bishop Jón Ögmundsson
(1106.04.29 – 1121.04.23)

Born:	1052 (Fljótshlíð, Iceland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1106
Died:	1121.04.23 (Hólar, Iceland † 68)

Bishop of Hólar (Iceland) (1106.04.29 – 1121.04.23)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pétur Nikulásson, O.P. (? – 1391.01.23)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Marek Solarczyk (57) (2011.10.08 – 2021.01.04)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Stanisław Budzik (72) (later Archbishop) (2004.02.24 – 2011.09.26)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. (later Cardinal) (2003.10.07 – 2003.10.21)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B. Vall. (72) (later Archbishop) (1998.11.06 – 2003.08.29)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (91) (later Cardinal) (1990.12.22 – 1996.09.24)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Joyce Kenney (1983.03.25 – 1990.08.30)
Titular Bishop: Bishop James Anthony Griffin (90) (1979.06.30 – 1983.02.08)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. (86) (1975.08.29 – 1979.03.28)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. (1942.02.23 – 1972.06.17)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M. (1929.06.28 – 1941.08.03)