Jøssund Church
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Jøssund Church is a church in the municipality of Bjugn
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Jøssund
, between Vallersund
and Lysøysundet
.
The church was built in 1875 and was consecrated on 27 April 1876 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund
. The building is 26 by 13 m (85.3 by 42.7 ), with space for about 350 people. The church was remodeled in 1950 and was re-consecrated on 29 May 1953 by Bishop Arne Fjellbu
.
It is part of the Jøssund
parish in the municipality of Bjugn
in the Fosen deanery
which is a part of the Diocese of Nidaros
.
Bjugn
Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the village of Jøssund
Jøssund, Sør-Trøndelag
Jøssund is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. It is located about across the fjord from Lysøysundet and about northeast of Nes...
, between Vallersund
Vallersund
Vallersund is a village in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about a drive from the village of Jøssund to the east, and about northeast of Oksvoll. The Asenvågøy lighthouse is located about north of the village....
and Lysøysundet
Lysøysundet
Lysøysundet is a village in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality near the island of Lauvøya and the end of the Åfjorden. It is about northeast of the village of Jøssund....
.
The church was built in 1875 and was consecrated on 27 April 1876 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund
Andreas Grimelund
Andreas Grimelund was a Norwegian bishop.The son of a farmer in Aker, he graduated as cand.theol. in 1835. He became residing chaplain in Nannestad in 1844 and Ullensaker in 1847. He was a teacher at the theological seminary in Christiania starting in 1851, and was appointed vicar in Gerpen in 1856...
. The building is 26 by 13 m (85.3 by 42.7 ), with space for about 350 people. The church was remodeled in 1950 and was re-consecrated on 29 May 1953 by Bishop Arne Fjellbu
Arne Fjellbu
Arne Fjellbu was a Norwegian bishop. During World War II, he played a central role in the Church's resistance against the Nazi authorities...
.
It is part of the Jøssund
Jøssund, Sør-Trøndelag
Jøssund is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. It is located about across the fjord from Lysøysundet and about northeast of Nes...
parish in the municipality of Bjugn
Bjugn
Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...
in the Fosen deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
which is a part of the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
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