Roman Catholic Diocese of Skálholt

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skálholt has been a titular see of the Catholic Church since 1968. It was the estate of the first bishop in Iceland, Isleifr Gizurarson, who became bishop in 1056. Christianity had been formally adopted in 1000. His son, Gizurr, donated it to become the official see of the Diocese. It ceased its functions as a Roman Catholic diocese with the Reformation.

For the Lutheran diocese under the jurisdiction of the Church of Iceland, see Diocese of Skálholt.

Roman Catholic bishops

Titular see

In 1968, the former Catholic bishopric was revived as a titular see. Holders of the title have been:

  • Archbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. (19 December 1968[1] – 9 April 1979; former Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi)[lower-alpha 1]
  • Bishop Alphonsus Maria H.A. Castermans (15 January 1982 – 21 April 2008), Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands, from 1982 to 1997
  • Bishop Paul Mason (23 April 2016[2] – 9 July 2019), Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (UK), appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the UK
  • Archbishop Antoine Camilleri (4 October 2019[3] – present), Apostolic Nuncio

Notes
  1. Until Pope Paul VI altered the practice, a bishop emeritus was assigned a titular see. In this instance, Theunissen was Archbishop emeritus of Blantyre and Titular Archbishop of Skálholt.

References
  1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LX. 1968. p. 816. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.04.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. "Resignations and Appointments, 03.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
Additional sources
  • Sigurdson, Erika Ruth (2016). The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity. The Northern World. 72. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30117-7.
  • Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.
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