Church of Iceland

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheran
Scripture	Bible
Polity	Episcopal
Leader	Bishop of Iceland
Associations	Lutheran World Federation,; World Council of Churches,; Conference of European Churches,; Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe,; Porvoo Communion
Region	Iceland
Headquarters	Reykjavík, Iceland
Origin	1540
Separated from	Church of Denmark
Members	227,259
Official website	kirkjan.is (in Icelandic)

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.

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^[update],^[2] the first woman to hold this position.^[3] 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.

^ "Populations by religious and life stance organizations 1998–2023". Statistics Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ "Home page". Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "Agnes M Sigurdardóttir is first woman elected as bishop in Iceland". Zonta International. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2013.