Ögmundur Pálsson, O.E.S.A. (c. 1475 – 13 July 1541;

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: ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate, who was the last Catholic

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of the Icelandic diocese of

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, from 1521 until 1540. He was the son of Páll Guðmundsson and Margrét Ögmundardóttir. Served as Abbot in Augustinian Abbey in

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from 1515 to 1519. And in 1519 was elected as bishop and consecrated in 1521 in

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. He died on his way to Denmark.

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16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Iceland Icelandic Roman Catholic bishops 1475 births 1541 deaths {{Iceland-RC-bishop-stub

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