Sigurd Johan Normann (1879—1939) was a Norwegian
theologian
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and
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Church of Norway
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. He was the Bishop for the
Diocese of Hålogaland
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from 1937 until his death in 1939.
Normann was born in 1879 in
Hamarøy
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,
Norway
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. He received his
cand.theol.
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degree in 1909 from the Faculty of Theology at the
University of Oslo
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. He received his
Doctor of Theology
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degree in 1935. He worked as a priest at the
Johannes Church in
Oslo
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from 1911 until 1918. From 1918 until 1937, he was the priest for the
Grønland Church
Grønland Church (''Grønland kirke'') is a church located in the neighbourhood of Grønland in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway.
Grønland Church congregation was formed in 1861. Grønland Church was consecrated on March 3, 1869, by B ...
in Oslo. In 1937, he was named the
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Diocese of Hålogaland
The Diocese of Hålogaland ( no, Hålogaland bispedømme, historically: ) was a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covered the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within all of Northern Norway (including Nordland, Troms, and F ...
, based in
Tromsø
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Tromsø lies ...
, a position he held until his death in December 1939.
References
1879 births
1939 deaths
People from Hamarøy
Bishops of Hålogaland
20th-century Lutheran bishops
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