Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes
Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes (born July 21, 1956 in Harestua , Lunner , Oppland ) is a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian. Since 2016 she has been bishop in the Sør-Hålogaland diocese of the Church of Norway .
Jusnes studied Protestant theology at the Menighetsfakultet (parish faculty ) in Oslo and passed the theological candidate examination in 1984. After ordination and the vicariate in the Diocese of Hamar , she became a pastor in Flakstad in Lofoten in 1984 . Between 1990 and 1992 she worked in Vinger and then returned to her parish in Flakstad. From 2005 to 2007 she served part-time as mayor of Flakstad for the Arbeiderpartiet . In 2007 she became provess of Lofoten. She was elected bishop in September 2016 and took office on January 24, 2016 in Bodø Cathedral .
Web links
- CV on the diocese website (Norwegian).
- Article . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian).
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SURNAME | Jusnes, Ann-Helen Fjeldstad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian, Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harestua , Lunner , Oppland |