Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim Trondheim, Norway is the seat of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, which before March 1979 was the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Norway. The prelature leadership is currently vacant following the resignation of Bishop Georg Müller in 2009 and is being administered by Bernt Eidsvig, Bishop of Oslo. The prelature includes parishes in Trondheim, Kristiansund, Levanger, Molde, and Ålesund. After the Norwegian Reformation drove the Catholic archbishop out of the archdiocese of Nidaros (Trondheim) in 1537, there were no indications of organized Catholic practice there until 1844, when five residents asked the priest
Coat of arms of Trondheim "The seal of the citizens of the city of Nidaros". The design of the shield in its present form was made by Haakon Thorsen. Most Norwegian municipalities have a banner of their respective coats of arms as a flag. The flag of Trondheim is instead a red field with the yellow "Trondheim rose". Coat of arms of Trondheim The coat of arms of Trondheim is based on the medieval seal of the city. The seal is probably from the 13th century, but its earliest preserved form is on a document from 1344. The coat of arms was assumed by the