Arvid Nergård

Arvid Halgeir Nergård (11 April 1923 – 23 November 2006) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.

Arvid Halgeir Nergård
Bishop
ChurchChurch of Norway
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
In office1979–1990
Personal details
Born(1923-04-11)11 April 1923
Died23 November 2006(2006-11-23) (aged 83)
Larvik, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChristian
OccupationPriest
EducationCand.theol. (1952)
Alma materUniversity of Oslo

He was born in Lenvik, Norway in 1923. He received a degree in agronomy in 1943 and the cand.theol. degree in 1952. He served as curate in Sør-Varanger from 1957–1961, vicar in Tana from 1961–1966, vicar in Vadsø from 1966–1969, and vicar in Molde from 1969–1974. From 1974 to 1979 he was dean in Ytre Romsdal, and from 1979-1990 he was the bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. He died in 2006.[1]

References

  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Arvid Nergård". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 January 2010.



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