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Anne Lise Ådnøy (born 30 August 1957) is a Norwegian prelate who is the current Bishop of Stavanger.


Biography

Ådnøy was born on 30 August 1957 in
Haga, Hordaland Haga is a village in Samnanger municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located the northeastern end of the Samnangerfjorden. It is located east of the village of Årland, across the fjord. The municipal centre of Tysse lies imm ...
,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. She was ordained as a priest on 30 August 1984 for the
Diocese of Agder og Telemark The Diocese of Agder og Telemark () is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering all of Agder county and Telemark county in Norway. The cathedral city is Kristiansand, Norway's fifth largest city. Kristiansand Cathedral serves as the seat of t ...
. She served as vicar in
Kirkelandet Kirklandet or Gomalandet is an island in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is split in two by the ''Vågen'' inlet, with the western half called ''Kirklandet'' and the eastern half called ''Gomalandet''. Th ...
and
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between 1984 and 1985. Later she served as parish priest of
Edøy Church Edøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at Straumen on the southern coast of the island of Smøla. It is the main church for the Edøy parish which is ...
, and in 1993 became a youth priest at the Church in
Hundvåg, Stavanger Hundvåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough includes a number of islands lying to the north of the main city centre of Stavang ...
. Between 2003 and 2011 she served as parish priest of St. Petri Church in Stavanger. She became provost of
Stavanger Cathedral Stavanger Cathedral () is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway. It is located in the centre of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger which lies in the southw ...
in 2011 and remained there until her consecration as bishop on 17 March 2019.


References

1957 births Living people Bishops of Stavanger Women Lutheran bishops People from Hordaland 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy 21st-century Norwegian Lutheran bishops {{Norway-Lutheran-bishop-stub