Bishop of Greenland

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The Bishop of Greenland was a medieval Roman Catholic prelate responsible for overseeing the church and missionary activities in the Norse settlements of Greenland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bishop of Gardar 1
Bishop of Greenland canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic episcopal see
ecclesiastical office
appliesTo Norse settlements in Greenland
appointedBy King of Norway
Pope
associatedWith Christianization of Greenland
Norse Greenlanders
surface form: Greenlandic Norse society

Norse colonization of Greenland
cathedral Gardar Cathedral
countryAtTimeOfCreation Kingdom of Norway
endTime 15th century
foundedBy Church of Norway
surface form: Norwegian Church authorities
hasClericalRank bishop
hasTitle Episcopus Gardarensis
historicalEvidence Íslendingasögur
surface form: Icelandic sagas

archaeological remains at Gardar
papal letters
historicalStatus defunct
jurisdiction Greenland
languageUsed Latin
Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
linkedTo royal crown of Norway
surface form: Norwegian Crown

Holy See
surface form: Vatican
locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages
Norse colonies in Greenland
surface form: Norse Greenland period
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Nidaros
partOf Archdiocese of Nidaros
surface form: Ecclesiastical Province of Nidaros

Norwegian Church Province
primarySee Gardar
region Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
responsibleFor administration of sacraments in Greenland
church property in Greenland
ecclesiastical courts in Greenland
missionary activities in Greenland
ordination of clergy in Greenland
overseeing church life in Norse Greenland
rite Latin Rite
seeAlso Diocese of Gardar
startTime 12th century
subordinateTo Archbishop of Nidaros
successor Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark
surface form: Lutheran Church of Greenland

Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen
territoryIncludes Eastern Settlement, Greenland
surface form: Eastern Settlement of Greenland

Western Settlement, Greenland
surface form: Western Settlement of Greenland
typeOfJurisdiction residential bishopric

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gardar seatOf Bishop of Greenland
Gardar governedBy Bishop of Greenland
this entity surface form: Bishop of Gardar