Peder Olivarius Bugge (2 December 1764 – 6 December 1849) was a Norwegian

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. He was the bishop of the

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from 1804 until 1842.

Biography

Peder Olivarius Bugge was born at

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county, Norway. He was the son of the parish priest Søren Bugge (1721–94) and Gidsken Edvardine Røring (1724–93). After four years of schooling in Bergen, he attended Kristiansand Cathedral School. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen (cand.theol. 1786, Magister degree, magister 1787). He was a priest in various parishes in Sjælland, Jylland, and Vest-Agder, Lista before being appointed to the post of Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros, Diocese of Trondhjem when he was only 40 years old in 1804. Bugge took part at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 where a constitution was written. He was then elected as the first representative to the new Parliament of Norway, Parliament from Trondheim 1815–1816. As Bishop of Trondhjem, Bugge gave the sermon at the coronation of the new Charles XIV John of Sweden, King Karl Johan on 7 September 1818 at the Nidaros Cathedral. Bugge published a missionary magazine, ''Efterretninger om Evangelii Fremgang i alle Verdens-Dele'' (1821–22). He later showed sympathy for the Pietism movement and defended Haugean lay preachers. In later years, Bugge was bothered by impaired health. His resignation was accepted at the bishops' assembly in 1842.

Personal life

In 1787, Bugge was married to Cathrine Magdalene Koch (1787–1849). He died in 1849 at Trondheim. He was the father of Frederik Moltke Bugge (1806-1853), rector at Trondheim Cathedral School and Søren Bruun Bugge (1798-1886), rector of Oslo Cathedral School, Christiania Cathedral School. His grandchildren included Johannes Christian Piene and Wilhelm Bugge.

References

1764 births 1849 deaths People from Aust-Agder University of Copenhagen alumni 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Bishops of Nidaros 19th-century Lutheran bishops 18th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy {{bishop-stub