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Jan Otto Myrseth

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The Right Reverend

Jan Otto Myrseth
Bishop of Tunsberg
ChurchChurch of Norway
DioceseTunsberg
Elected6 June 2018
In office2018–present
PredecessorPer Arne Dahl
Orders
Ordination1989
Consecration23 September 2018
by Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Personal details
Born (1957-08-30) 30 August 1957 (age 67)
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationLutheran

Jan Otto Myrseth (born 2 July 1957) is a Norwegian prelate who is the current Bishop of Tunsberg.

Biography

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Myrseth completed his theological studies in 1988 and was ordained in the summer of 1989. After serving as vicar in the Diocese of Tunsberg since 1989, he was appointed vicar of the parish of Norderhov in 1991. On December 17, 2004, he was appointed Dean of the Ringerike deanery. He was appointed to the office on Sunday, April 24, 2005. Myrseth also served as a hospital chaplain and as lecturer at the theological faculty of the Theological seminary of the University of Oslo. In 2010 he became the Provost of Bergen Cathedral. On June 6, 2018, he was elected as bishop of Tunsberg by the Church Council and was consecrated in September of the same year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jan Otto Myrseth ny biskop i Tunsberg (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Tunsberg
2018–current
Incumbent