Helga Haugland Byfuglien

Helga Haugland Byfuglien, 2015

Helga Haugland Byfuglien (born June 22, 1950 in Bergen ) is bishop of the Evangelical Norwegian Church and since October 2, 2011, President of the Norwegian Bishops' Conference (norw. Preses i bispemøtet ).

Byfuglien worked as a pastor from 1978 to 1993, first in the Trondheim district of Kolstad, then in Ås . Then she was episcopal vicarin ( stiftskapellan ) in the diocese of Borg (east of Oslo ) for four years . After a time as general secretary of the Norwegian YMCA , she was ordained Bishop of Borg on December 11, 2005.

The Norwegian Bishops' Conference elected her chairman on October 21, 2010. As part of a comprehensive church reform, the Bishops' Conference received a permanent chair shortly thereafter. For him, the position of twelfth bishop was established, to whom only the five parishes of the provost's office at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim are directly subordinate. Byfuglien was confirmed as President on March 25, 2011 by the Norwegian government.

From 2010 to 2017 Byfuglien was one of seven vice-presidents of the Lutheran World Federation .

See also

• List of Bishops in the Church of Norway

Web links

Commons : Helga Byfuglien  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Norwegian Church: Helga Haugland Byfuglien (Norwegian)
• Article . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Byfuglien appointed praeses Website of the Norwegian Government, March 25, 2011 (Norwegian); Retrieved July 21, 2012
2. ↑ LWF Vice-Presidents ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. LWF website; Retrieved July 22, 2012