Map of the Church of Norway deaneries in the Diocese of Nidaros. Each municipality belongs to a deanery except for Trondheim municipality is divided over three deaneries due to its large population.
The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church.[1]
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".[2] On 1 January 1972, the parish of Ørland 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.
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".[2] In 2000, the parishes of Oppdal and Rennebu were moved from Orkdal prosti to Gauldal prosti.
The deanery was established on 1 October 2017 when the old Byåsen prosti was merged with the Heimdal prosti.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] On 1 January 2020, the churches in the old municipality of Namdalseid were moved to Namdal prosti when the municipality became part of the large Namsos 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".[2] 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.
Stjørdal prosti was created in 1920 when the parishes of Øvre Stjørdal, Nedre Stjørdal, Frosta, and Leksvik were separated from the large Søndre Indherred prosti. In 1965, the parish of Leksvik was transferred to the neighboring Fosen prosti and the parish of Selbu was transferred to Stjørdal prosti from the neighboring Strinda prosti.[7] On 1 July 1999, the parish of Frosta was transferred from Stjørdal prosti to the neighboring Sør-Innherad prosti.[8] In 2000, the parish of Malvik was transferred from Strinda prosti to Stjørdal prosti.
This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the eastern part of the municipality of Trondheim; containing a total of five parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Strinda Church in the village of Strinda.
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. The parish of Melhus became part of Orkdal prosti and the parish of Børsen became part of Orkdal prosti and the remaining parishes from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Strinda prosti.[9] In 1965, the parish of Selbu was from Strinda prosti to the neighboring Stjørdal prosti.[7] In 2000, the parish of Malvik was transferred from Strinda prosti to Stjørdal prosti.
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