Church of Iceland

The Church of Iceland (Icelandic: Þjóðkirkjan, lit. 'The National Church'), officially the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (hin evangelíska lúterska kirkja), is the national church of Iceland. The church is Christian and professes the Lutheran faith. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Porvoo Communion, the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, and the World Council of Churches.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheran
ScriptureBible
PolityEpiscopal
LeaderBishop of Iceland
AssociationsLutheran World Federation,
World Council of Churches,
Conference of European Churches,
Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe,
Porvoo Communion
RegionIceland
HeadquartersReykjavík, Iceland
Origin1540
Separated fromChurch of Denmark
Members227,259
Official websitekirkjan.is (in Icelandic)

The church is organised as a single diocese headed by the Bishop of Iceland. Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir, appointed in 2012, held this post as of 2023, the first woman to hold this position. The church has two suffragan sees, Skálholt and Hólar, whose bishops are suffragans or assistant bishops to the Bishop of Iceland; unusually, each has a cathedral church despite not being in a separate diocese.

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