Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, and has its bishop residing, and cathedral located, in the county administrative center, Molde. The diocese was established in 1983, when Sunnmøre was transferred from Bjørgvin bishopric in the south, and Romsdal and Nordmøre from Nidaros bishopric in the north to form the new one. As of 2005, the bishop of Møre is Odd Bondevik. In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke) also known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, 86% of Norwegians belong to this Church. ... Møre og Romsdal is a county in the northernmost part of the Vestlandet region of Norway, and borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ... Molde is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sunnmøre (lit. ... Romsdal is the name of a valley and landscape in mid-Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal. ... Nordmøre (lit. ... Nidaros was the old name of Trondheim, Norway, in the middle ages. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The diocese's name Møre is actually the result of a compromise between its three main regions, where Sunnmøre, with almost one half of the population, would accept that the bishop be located in the geographical center of the diocese, Molde (in Romsdal), if that region's name (Romsdal) be excluded from the name of the diocese.

Informally, the name Møre has sometimes been used to denote the entire county of Møre og Romsdal. In contrast to this, however, the ambiguous designation møring—"person from Møre"—is used strictly about people from Nordmøre or Sunnmøre, excluding the people from Romsdal (while, consequently, romsdaling—"person from Romsdal"— is used about the latter).