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Ivar Braut (born February 28, 1956 in Stord ) is a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian. From March 2017 to October 2018 he was bishop in the Stavanger diocese of the Church of Norway .
Braut studied Protestant theology at the Menighetsfakultet (parish faculty ) in Oslo and passed the theological candidate exam in 1980. After his ordination in 1981 he worked in various congregations in Oslo and Trondheim, and in between 1988-1991 as a teacher at the Bible School in Grimstad . In 1994 he became pastor and provost in Stord, and in 2000 pastor at the Birkeland kirke in a suburb of Bergen . From 2005 he was a substitute member and from 2011 a member of the Diocese Council of Bjørgvin ; from 2012 to 2014 he was a member of Kirkerådet , the governing body of the Church of Norway. On December 8, 2016, he was elected Bishop of the Stavanger Diocese to succeed Erling Pettersen and was appointed to his office on March 17, 2017 in Stavanger Cathedral .
Bride announced in August 2018 that he would be taking early retirement due to health problems. He celebrated his farewell service on October 4, 2018; Since then, Anne Lise Ådnøy has been bishop (initially provisional, since March 2019 regular).
Web links
- Bride on the diocese website (Norwegian).
- Presentation on the election of bishops (Norwegian).
- Article . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release from the Church of Norway, August 20, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bride, Ivar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stord |