Ingeborg Midttømme

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Ingeborg Synnøve Midttomme
Bishop of Møre
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Church Church of Norway
Diocese Diocese of Møre
Appointed2008
Predecessor Odd Bondevik
Orders
Ordination1987
Consecration2008
Personal details
Born (1961-11-20) 20 November 1961 (age 57)
Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Denomination Christian
Residence Molde, Norway
Occupation Priest
Alma mater MF Norwegian School of Theology

Ingeborg Synnøve Midttømme (born 1961) is a Norwegian Lutheran bishop for the Diocese of Møre in the Church of Norway. Midttømme was born in Oslo, Norway on 20 November 1961. She has been the Bishop since 2008. She was elected as the first female leader of the Norwegian Association of Clergy trade union in 2003.

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Diocese of Møre

The Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop is seated at the Molde Cathedral which is located in the county administrative center of Molde. As of 2008, the Bishop of Møre is Ingeborg Midttømme.

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Midttømme attended the MF Norwegian School of Theology and graduated in 1986. She was ordained as a priest in 1987. She worked in Høybråten in Oslo from 1987 until 1993. She then became the parish priest for Sørfold in the Salten region in Northern Norway from 1993 until 1997. In 1997 she took a chaplain job in Holmlia in Oslo. She was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Møre in 2008. [1]

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Salten Traditional district in Northern Norway, Norway

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References

  1. ↑ "Ingeborg Synøve Midttømme". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Odd Bondevik 		Bishop of Møre
2008–current		Incumbent



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