Stoksund Church is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the municipality of Åfjord

Åfjord

Åfjord is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Harsvika, and By...

 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...

. The church is located in the village of Revsnes

Revsnes

Revsnes is a village in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland in northwestern Stoksund area of Åfjord. The village lies near the south end of the Stokkøy Bridge, about southeast of the village of Harsvika on the island of Stokkøya. ...

 in the Stoksund

Stoksund

Stoksund is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Åfjord. The municipality included the island of Stokkøya and surrounding islets, plus the surrounding area of the mainland...

 area of Åfjord. The church is located right at the south end of the Stokkøy Bridge

Stokkøy Bridge

Stokkøy Bridge is a concrete cantilever bridge that crosses the Stokksundet strait between the mainland and Stokkøya in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The bridge starts near Revsnes on the mainland and goes north to the island of Stokkøya near the village of...

 from the mainland to the island of Stokkøya

Stokkøya

Stokkøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Stoksund area. The largest village on the island is Harsvika. The tall mountain Kamman is the highest point on the island....

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The church is part of the Fosen deanery and 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...

. It was built in 1825, and consecrated on 10 July 1825 by Bishop Peder Olivarius Bugge

Peder Olivarius Bugge

Peder Olivarius Bugge was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1804 until 1842. He was born in Holt, Norway in 1764 and died in 1849 in Trondheim, Norway....

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