Overview of all bishops in Skálholt

​Here is an overview of the bishops in Skálholt from 1056 and the bishops of Iceland from around 1800. There are bishoprics in Skálholt from 1056 and at Hólar in Hjaltadal from 1106. In 1540, the Reformation took place in Skálholt diocese.
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Bishops of Skálholt in the Roman Catholic Rite:
1056–1080 → Ísleifur Gissurarson

1082–1118 → Gissur Ísleifsson

1118–1133 → Þorlákur Runólfsson

1134–1148 → Magnús Einarsson

1152–1176 → Klængur Þorsteinsson

1178–1193 → Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson

1195–1211 → Páll Jónsson

1216–1237 → Magnús Gissurarson

1238–1268 → Sigvarður Þéttmarsson (Norwegian)

1269–1298 → Árni Þorláksson

1304–1320 → Árni Helgason

1321 → Grímur Skútuson (Norwegian)

1322–1339 → Jón Halldórsson (Norwegian)

1339–1341 → Jón Indriðason (Norwegian)

1343–1348 → Jón Sigurðsson

1350–1360 → Gyrðir Ívarsson (Norwegian)

1362–1364 → Þórarinn Sigurðsson (Norwegian)

1365–1381 → Oddgeir Þorsteinsson (Norwegian)

1382–1391 → Michael (Danish)

1391–1405 → Vilchin Hinriksson (Danish)

1406–1413 → John (Danish)

1413–1425 → Árni mildi Ólafsson

1426–1433 → Jón Gerreksson (Danish)

1435–1437 → Jón Vilhjálmsson Craxton (English; formerly Bishop of Hólab)

1437–1447 → Godswin Comhaer (Dutch)

1448–1462 → Marcellus (German; never came to Iceland)

1462–1465 → Jón Stefánsson Krabbe (Danish)

1466–1475 → Sveinn spaki Pétursson

1477–1490 → Magnús Eyjólfsson

1491–1518 → Stefán Jónsson

1521–1540 → Ögmundur Pálsson

1540 → Sigmundur Eyjólfsson

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Skálholt bishops in the Lutheran rite:
1540–1548 → Gissur Einarsson

1549–1557 → Martin Einarsson

1558–1587 → Gísli Jónsson

1589–1630 → Oddur Einarsson

1632–1638 → Gísli Oddsson

1639–1674 → Brynjólfur Sveinsson

1674–1697 → Þórður Þorláksson

1698–1720 → Jón Vídalín

1722–1743 → Jón Árnason

1744–1745 → Ludvig Harboe (Danish)

1747–1753 → Ólafur Gíslason

1754–1785 → Finn Jónsson

1777–1796 → Hannes Finnsson

1797–1801 → Geir Vídalín (sat in Reykjavík)

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Consecration bishop in Skálholt:
1909–1930 → Valdimar Briem

1931–1936 → Sigurður P. Sívertsen

1937–1965 → Bjarni Jónsson

1966–1983 → Sigurður Pálsson

1983–1989 → Ólafur Skúlason

1989–1994 → Jónas Gíslason (first consecrated bishop with residence in Skálholt)

1994–2010 → Sigurður Sigurðarson

2011- 2017 → Kristján Valur Ingólfsson

2018 - present → Kristján Björnsson

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Bishops of Iceland:
1801–1823 → Geir Vídalín

1824–1845 → Steingrímur Jónsson

1846–1866 → Helgi G. Thordersen

1866–1889 → Pétur Pétursson

1889–1908 → Hallgrímur Sveinsson

1908–1916 → Þórhallur Bjarnason

1917–1939 → Jón Helgason

1939–1953 → Sigurgeir Sigurðsson

1953–1959 → Ásmundur Guðmundsson

1959–1981 → Sigurbjörn Einarsson

1981–1989 → Pétur Sigurgeirsson

1989–1997 → Ólafur Skúlason

1998– 2012→ Karl Sigurbjörnsson

2012- present → Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir