St. Ansgar Church - Kristiansand, Norway - Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com

St. Ansgar Church is the main church for the Catholic congregation in Kristiansand and the Agder counties. The church is built of red tilestone, after a total renovation. The last Catholic church in Kristiansand burned to the ground in the 1980s.

St. Ansgar Catholic Congregation is the congregation all Catholics in Agder County is a member of. It is underlaid the Catholic bishop in Oslo.

In the 1970s many Vietnamese refugees came to Kristiansand, and they were mainly Catholic. Polish political refuges in the early 1980s added many new members too, and these two groups have in more than 20 years had church services in their own language.

The priests of St. Ansgar Congregation has since World War II been German or Dutch, with just a few exceptions. Normally a Vietnamese chaplain has been there too.

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Type of Church: Church Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Diocese: Oslo Address/Location: Kirkegata 3 - Kristiansand, - Norway 4623 Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed Date of building construction: Not listed Dominant Architectural Style: Not listed Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed Archdiocese: Not listed

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