Ola Markus Steinholt | |
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Bishop | |
Church | Church of Norway |
Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
In office | 1990–2001 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1961 in Trondenes Church |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 20 April 2009 Tromsø, Norway | (aged 74)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Denomination | Christian |
Occupation | Priest |
Education | Cand.theol. (1959) |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Ola Markus Steinholt (4 October 1934—20 April 2009) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.
He was born in Trondenes, Norway in 1934. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.theol. degree in 1959. He was a parish priest in Vefsn starting in 1971, after having been a military chaplain for some time. He served as dean in Tromsø Cathedral from 1984 to 1990 and bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland from 1990 to 2001. He died in April 2009 in Tromsø, Norway.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ola M. Steinholt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 January 2010.