This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) covers the central part of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county.
On 1 January 1925, the deanery was divided with the areas in the city centre of Stavanger (Domkirken, St. Petri, and St. Johannes) remaining in the Stavanger domprosti and the rest of the old deanery (Hetland, Høgsfjord, Strand, Finnøy, and Rennesøy) became part of the new Hetland prosti (later renamed Søre Ryfylke prosti) which included the central parts of the county.
[2][3] This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the southern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Eigersund, Bjerkreim, Sokndal, and Lund.
This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the northwestern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Haugesund, Bokn, Tysvær, Utsira, and Vindafjord.
[5] This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the west-central part of Rogaland county, south of the city of Stavanger, including the municipalities of Gjesdal, Hå, Klepp, and Time.
The deanery of Jæderen has been around since the Middle Ages and it has always included the coastal areas south of the city of Stavanger.
This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the northeastern part of Rogaland county, including the municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Hjelmeland, and Strand.
[8] This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the municipality of Sandnes in the west-central part of Rogaland county.
The deanery was created in 1998 when the parishes in Sola and Sandnes municipalities were removed from the large Jæren prosti.
[8] This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the central part of Rogaland county, in the area around the Boknafjorden.
It includes the municipalities of Randaberg, Kvitsøy, and Sola, plus the eastern island portion of Stavanger.
This deanery was created on 1 January 2006 when five parishes from Tungenes prosti (Madlamark, Hafrsfjord, Sunde, Tasta, and Vardeneset) and three parishes from the Stavanger domprosti (Hinna, Hillevåg, and Gausel) were combined to form a new deanery that surrounds the city centre of Stavanger.