History
It was formed in 1152 out of the diocese of Oslo, when Arnold, Bishop of Gardar, Greenland (1124–52), was appointed first Bishop of Hamar. He began to build the now ruined cathedral of Christ Church, which was completed about the time of Bishop Paul (1232–52).
Bishop Thorfinn (1278–82) was exiled and died at Ter Doest in Flanders. Bishop Jörund (1285–86) was transferred to the archdiocese of Trondhjem. A provincial council was held in 1380.
The last Catholic bishop, Mogens (1513–37), was taken prisoner in his castle at Hamar by Truid Ulfstand, a Danish noble, and sent to Antvorskov in Denmark, where he was held until his death in 1542. There were at Hamar a cathedral chapter with ten canons, a school, a Dominican Priory of St. Olaf, and a monastery of the Canons Regular of St. Anthony of Vienne.
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