Jan Otto Myrseth

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The Right Reverend

Jan Otto Myrseth
Bishop of Tunsberg
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Church Church of Norway
Diocese Tunsberg
Elected6 June 2018
In office2018–present
Predecessor Per Arne Dahl
Orders
Ordination1989
Consecration23 September 2018
by  Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Personal details
Born (1957-08-30) 30 August 1957 (age 68)
Nationality Norwegian
Denomination Lutheran

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

Biography

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 17 December 2004 he was appointed Dean of the Ringerike deanery. He was appointed to the office on Sunday 24 April 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 6 June 2018 he was elected as bishop of Tunsberg by the Church Council and was consecrated in September of the same year. [1]

References

  1. Jan Otto Myrseth ny biskop i Tunsberg (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 March 2019.