Ola M. Steinholt

Ola Markus Steinholt (4 October 193420 April 2009) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.

Ola Markus Steinholt
Bishop
ChurchChurch of Norway
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
In office1990–2001
Orders
Ordination1961 in Trondenes Church
Personal details
Born(1934-10-04)4 October 1934
Died20 April 2009(2009-04-20) (aged 74)
Tromsø, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChristian
OccupationPriest
EducationCand.theol. (1959)
Alma materUniversity of Oslo

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

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