Northern Lights Cathedral Church as the main church for the deanery. The "Northern Lights" are the Aurora Borealis associated with the Arctic night sky. At the opening service, bishop Per Oskar Kjølaas admitted that the word was contentious since it technically meant not a parish church but a cathedral (for which the more common Norwegian word is ). He defended the name by the informal precedents of the and , and argued that a bishop is at home in all churches of the diocese. Northern Lights Cathedral The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church () is a parish church of the Church of
County of Northern Lights Métis settlement. County of Northern Lights The County of Northern Lights is a municipal district in northwest Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division 17, its municipal office is located in the Town of Manning. The municipality recently changed its name from the "Municipal District (M.D.) of Northern Lights No. 22" to the County of Northern Lights. The Province of Alberta officially approved the name change on February 3, 2010. On April 1, 1995, the M.D. of Northern Lights No. 22 was formed through the incorporation of the former "Improvement District No. 22" as a municipal district. As a census subdivision