Erik Gnupsson

Erik Gnupsson or Eiríkr Gnúpsson, also known as Henricus (late 11th to early 12th centuries), may have been a bishop of Greenland.

[1] Some considered him as the first bishop of America, residing at Garðar.

[2] However, the historical record does not attest to where he held his bishop's seat, and only states that he went in search of Vinland.

[3] It cannot be determined from the Icelandic Annals that he went in search of an existing Norse colony in Vinland.

[4] The first official bishop in Greenland is Arnald, in 1124.