Olav Øygard
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Olav Øygard (born July 29, 1956 in Sola (Norway) ) is a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian. Since 2014 he has been bishop in the diocese of Nord-Hålogaland , the northernmost diocese of the Church of Norway .
Øygard studied Protestant theology at the Menighetsfakultet (parish faculty ) in Oslo and passed the theological candidate exam in 1980. From 1981 he worked in Finnmark , first until 1985 as a school and youth pastor, until 1991 as parish pastor in Sør-Varanger and then in Alta , where he also served as provost from 2011 to 2014 . He was appointed bishop on September 25, 2014, after narrowly prevailing in the final vote against Herborg Finnset , then Tromsø cathedral prince , and was appointed to his office on November 9 in Tromsø Cathedral .
Web links
- CV and application documents on the Church of Norway website
- Portrait on the website of the Church of Norway
- Article . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian).
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement on the website of the Church of Norway.
President: Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Agder and Telemark : Stein Reinertsen | Bjørgvin : Halvor Nordhaug | Borg : Atle Sommerfeldt | Hamar : Solveig Fiske | Møre : Ingeborg Midttømme | Nidaros : Herborg Finnset
North Hålogaland : Olav Øygard | Oslo : Kari Veiteberg | Stavanger : Anne Lise Ådnøy | Sør-Hålogaland : Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes | Tunsberg : Jan Otto Myrseth
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| SURNAME | Øygard, Olav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian Lutheran clergyman and theologian, Bishop of North Hålogaland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sola (Norway) |