After the Protestant Reformation, the Diocese of Stavanger continued in the new Church of Norway.

The parish of Eidfjord was transferred to the neighboring Diocese of Bjørgvin in 1630.

[1] In 1682 Christian V, King of Denmark-Norway issued an order that the Bishop and the Prefect of the Diocese of Stavanger were to be moved to the Christianssand Cathedral, which had been consecrated in 1646 and which the King intended to be the perfect site for a new cathedral.

The citizens of Stavanger protested, with the Prefect and the Bishop refusing to move and ignoring the order.

Each deanery corresponds a geographical area, usually one or more municipalities in the diocese.