List of churches in Rogaland

Map of the church deaneries in Rogaland county:

  Stavanger domprosti

  Dalane prosti

  Haugaland prosti

  Jæren prosti

  Karmøy prosti

  Ryfylke prosti

  Sandnes prosti

  Tungenes prosti

  Ytre Stavanger prosti

This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Rogaland county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Stavanger. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger.

The list is divided into nine sections, one for each Deanery (prosti) in the county. Administratively each deanery is divided up into church council (fellesråd) districts which usually correspond to the municipalities within each deanery. Each municipal church council may be made up of more than one parish (sokn), each of which may have their own council (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it. The city-municipality of Stavanger is a special case. It has a large population, so the central part of the city is its own deanery and the surrounding areas belong to a different deanery although both encompass one municipality. The number, size, and compositions of the deaneries in Stavanger have changed over time, most recently in 2013 when two deaneries were merged to form the new Ryfylke deanery.^[1]

Stavanger domprosti

This arch-deanery covers the central part of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger in Stavanger municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Stavanger	Stavanger domkirke	Stavanger Cathedral	Stavanger	1150
	Bekkefaret	Bekkefaret Church	Bekkefaret	1977
	Hundvåg	Hundvåg Church	Hundvåg	1983
	Kampen	Kampen Church	Eiganes og Våland	1957
	St. Petri	St. Petri Church	Stavanger	1866
	St. Johannes	Frue Church (Hetland Church)	Stavanger	1854
		St. Johannes Church	Stavanger	1909
	Stokka	Stokka Church	Stokka	1974
	Tjensvoll	Tjensvoll Church	Tjensvoll	1978
	Varden	Varden Church	Varden	1967

Dalane prosti

This deanery covers the southern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Eigersund, Bjerkreim, Sokndal, and Lund. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Egersund in Eigersund municipality. The deanery was created in the middle ages, and its borders have changed very few times since then. During the 1800s, the parts of the deanery located in Lister og Mandals amt (to the east) were moved to the Lista and Flekkefjord deaneries. In 1988, the Ogna parish was transferred to the neighboring Jæren deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bjerkreim	Bjerkreim	Bjerkreim Church	Bjerkreim	1835
		Ivesdal Chapel	Øvrebygd	1876
Eigersund	Egersund	Egersund Church	Egersund	1607
		Bakkebø Church	Egersund	1960
	Eigerøy	Eigerøy Church	Eigerøya	1998
	Helleland	Helleland Church	Helleland	1832
Lund	Heskestad	Heskestad Church	Heskestad	1904
	Lund	Lund Church	Moi	1812
Sokndal	Sokndal	Sokndal Church	Hauge	1803
		Åna-Sira Church	Åna-Sira	1888

Haugaland prosti

This deanery covers the northwestern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Haugesund, Bokn, Tysvær, Utsira, and Vindafjord. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Haugesund in the municipality of Haugesund. The deanery was historically called Karmsund prosti, a deanery dating back to the middle ages. It historically encompassed all of the areas surrounding the Karmsund strait, west of Ryfylke. By 2006, the membership of the deanery had grown so large, it was divided into two: all of the parishes in the municipality of Karmøy were moved to the new Karmøy deanery and the rest remained in the deanery which was renamed Haugesund deanery. In 2013, the parishes from Vindafjord were moved here, and the deanery was renamed Haugaland.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bokn	Bokn	Bokn Church	Føresvik	1847
Haugesund	Rossabø	Rossabø Church	Rossabø	1972
	Skåre	Skåre Church	Haugesund	1858
		Udland Church	Haugesund	2002
	Vår Frelser	Vår Frelsers Church	Haugesund	1901
Tysvær	Førresfjorden	Aksdal Church	Aksdal	1995
		Førre Church	Førre	1893
	Nedstrand	Nedstrand Church	Hindaråvåg	1868
		Skjoldastraumen Church	Skjoldastraumen	1910
	Tysvær	Tysvær Church	Tysvær	1852
Utsira	Utsira	Utsira Church	Utsira	1785
Vindafjord	Bjoa	Bjoa Church	Bjoa	1895
	Imsland	Imsland Church	Imslandsjøen	1861
	Sandeid	Sandeid Church	Sandeid	1904
	Skjold	Skjold Church	Skjold	1999
	Vats	Vats Church	Vatne	1855
	Vikebygd	Vikebygd Church	Vikebygd	1937
	Vikedal	Vikedal Church	Vikedal	1881
	Ølen	Ølen Church	Ølensjøen	1874

Jæren prosti

This deanery covers the west-central part of Rogaland county, south of the city of Stavanger, including the municipalities of Gjesdal, Hå, Klepp, and Time. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Bryne in the municipality of Time. There is one parish (sokn) in this deanery that crosses municipal boundary lines. The Frøyland og Orstad parish includes parts of both Time and Klepp municipalities. This is the only such parish in Norway. The deanery of Jæren has been around since the middle ages and it has always included the coastal areas south of the town of Stavanger. In 1998, the northern parts of the deanery (Sola and Sandnes municipalities) was separated from Jæren deanery to form the new Sandnes deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gjesdal	Gjesdal	Dirdal Church	Dirdal	1903
		Gjesdal Church	Gjesdal	1848
		Oltedal Church	Oltedal	2002
	Ålgård	Ålgård Church	Ålgård	2015
		Old Ålgård Church	Ålgård	1917
Hå	Nærbø	Nærbø Church	Nærbø	2005
		Old Nærbø Church	Nærbø	1834
	Ogna	Ogna Church	Ogna	1250
	Varhaug	Varhaug Church	Varhaug	1904
Klepp	Bore	Bore Church	Bore	1891
	Klepp	Klepp Church	Kleppe	1846
	Orre	Orre Church	Pollestad	1950
		Old Orre Church	Orre	1250
Klepp/Time	Frøyland og Orstad	Frøyland og Orstad Church	Orstad/Kvernaland	2008
Time	Bryne	Bryne Church	Bryne	1979
	Time	Time Church	Time (just outside Bryne)	1859
	Undheim	Undheim Church	Undheim	2001

Karmøy prosti

This deanery covers the municipality of Karmøy which includes the island of Karmøy and a small area on the mainland of northwestern Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Avaldsnes in the municipality of Karmøy. The deanery was created in 2006 when the old Karmsund deanery was split into the Karmøy and Haugaland deaneries.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Karmøy	Avaldsnes	Avaldsnes Church	Avaldsnes	1250
	Falnes	Falnes Church	Skudeneshavn	1851
	Ferkingstad	Ferkingstad Church	Ferkingstad	1854
	Kopervik	Kopervik Church	Kopervik	c. 2016
	Norheim	Norheim Church	Norheim	1978
	Torvastad	Torvastad Church	Torvastad	1880
	Vedavågen	Vedavågen Church	Veavågen	2009
	Åkra	Åkra Church	Åkrahamn	1985
		Old Åkra Church	Åkrahamn	1821

Ryfylke prosti

This deanery covers the northeastern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Hjelmeland, Strand, and Forsand. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Hjelmelandsvågen in the municipality of Hjelmeland. Historically, there was a Ryfylke deanery since the Middle Ages. Over time, its boundaries were changed and moved. In 1988, the deanery was renamed Nordre Ryfylke. In 2013 when the old deaneries of Nordre Ryfylke and Søre Ryfylke were merged to form the present deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Forsand	Forsand	Forsand Church	Forsand	1854
		Lyse Chapel	Lysebotn	1961
Hjelmeland	Fister	Fister Church	Fister	1867
	Hjelmeland	Hjelmeland Church	Hjelmelandsvågen	1858
	Årdal	Årdal Church	Årdal	1919
		Old Årdal Church	Årdal	1619
Sauda	Sauda	Sauda Church	Sauda	1866
		Saudasjøen Chapel	Saudasjøen	1973
Strand	Jørpeland	Jørpeland Church	Jørpeland	1969
	Strand	Strand Church	Tau	1874
Suldal	Erfjord	Erfjord Church	Hålandsosen	1877
	Jelsa	Jelsa Church	Jelsa	1647
	Sand	Sand Church	Sand	1853
		Marvik Chapel	Marvik	1920
	Suldal	Suldal Church	Suldalsosen	1852
		Nesflaten Chapel	Nesflaten	1853

Sandnes prosti

This deanery covers the municipality of Sandnes in the west-central part of Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Sandnes. The deanery was created in 1998 when the parishes in Sola and Sandnes municipalities were removed from the deanery of Jæren. In 2006, the parishes in Sola were transferred to the Tungenes deanery, leaving just the parishes in Sandnes in this deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Sandnes	Bogafjell	Bogafjell Church	Bogafjell	2012
	Gand	Gand Church	Sandved	1978
		Julebygda Chapel	Malmheim og Soma	1957
	Hana	Hana Church	Hana	1997
	Høle	Høle Church	Høle	1860
	Høyland	Høyland Church	Austrått	1841
		Sviland Chapel	Sviland	1913
	Lura	Lura Church	Lura	1987
	Riska	Riska Church	Hommersåk	1999
		Old Riska Church	Hommersåk	1877
	Sandnes	Sandnes Church	Sandnes sentrum	1882

Tungenes prosti

This deanery covers the central part of Rogaland county, in the area around the Boknafjorden. It includes the municipalities of Randaberg, Kvitsøy, Rennesøy, Finnøy, and Sola. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Randaberg in the municipality of Randaberg. The deanery was created in 1998 when the parishes in Randaberg and Kvitsøy were removed from Jæren deanery along with six parishes from the Stavanger deanery (Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Sunde, Tasta, Vardeneset, and Tjensvoll). In 2006, several other changes took place: Tjensvoll was moved to the new Ytre Stavanger deanery, all of the parishes in Sola were moved here from Sandnes deanery, and all of the parishes in Rennesøy and Finnøy were moved here from Søre Ryfylke deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Finnøy	Hesby	Hesby Church	Finnøy	c. 1100
	Sjernarøy	Sjernarøy Church	Kyrkjøy in Sjernarøyane	1647
		Jørstad Church	Jørstadvågen on Ombo	1929
	Talgje	Fogn Church	Fogn	1991
		Talgje Church	Talgje	c. 1100
Kvitsøy	Kvitsøy	Kvitsøy Church	Kvitsøy	1620
Randaberg	Grødem	Grødem Church	Grødem	2000
	Randaberg	Randaberg Church	Randaberg	1845
Rennesøy	Mosterøy	Askje Church	Askje	1846
		Utstein Church	Klosterøy	1280
		Vestre Åmøy Chapel	Western Åmøy	1953
	Rennesøy	Hausken Church	Vikevåg	1857
		Sørbø Church	Sørbø	1130
Sola	Ræge	Ræge Church	north of Stenebyen	2009
	Sola	Sola Church	Solakrossen	1955
	Sørnes	Sørnes Church	Sørnes	1977
	Tananger	Tananger Church	Tananger	2002
		Tananger Chapel	Tananger	1879

Ytre Stavanger prosti

This deanery covers the outer parts of the city-municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county. The deanery is headquartered in Madlamark in the western part of the city of Stavanger. This deanery was created on 1 January 2006 when five parishes from Tungenes deanery (Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Sunde, Tasta, and Vardeneset) and three parishes from Stavanger arch-deanery (Hinna, Hillevåg, and Gausel) were combined to form a new deanery that surrounds the city centre of Stavanger.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Stavanger	Gausel	Gausel Church	Gausel	1996
	Hafrsfjord	Revheim Church	Sør-Sunde	1865
	Hillevåg	Hillevåg Church	Hillevåg	1961
	Hinna	Hinna Church	Hinna	1967
	Madlamark	Madlamark Church	Madlamark	1976
	Sunde	Sunde Church	Sunde	1984
	Tasta	Tasta Church	Indre Tasta	1977
	Vardeneset	Vardeneset Church	Ytre Tasta	2000
		Austre Åmøy Chapel	Austre Åmøy	1904

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