Justøy Chapel

Justøy Chapel
Justøy kapell
View of the church
Justøy Chapel
Location in Aust-Agder county
Justøy Chapel
Justøy Chapel (Norway)
58°12′18″N 8°21′41″E / 58.2049°N 08.3614°E / 58.2049; 08.3614Coordinates: 58°12′18″N 8°21′41″E / 58.2049°N 08.3614°E / 58.2049; 08.3614
Location Lillesand, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website justoy-kapell.no
History
Status Chapel
Consecrated 15 Aug 1902
Architecture
Functional status Active
Completed 1884
Specifications
Capacity 150
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lillesand
Deanery Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Justøy Chapel (Norwegian: Justøy kapell) is a chapel in Lillesand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Brekkestø on the island of Justøya. The chapel is part of the Lillesand parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1884. The chapel seats about 150 people. The chapel was consecrated as an official chapel on 15 August 1902 by the Bishop Johan Christian Heuch.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  2. "Justøy kapell" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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