Ola M. Steinholt

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

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]

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ola M. Steinholt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
Church of Norway titles
Preceded by Bishop of Nord-Hålogaland
1990–2001
Succeeded by