Olav Hagesæther (1909–1999) was a Norwegian

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, and

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of the

Diocese of Stavanger The Diocese of Stavanger () is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers all of Rogaland county in western Norway. The cathedral city is Stavanger, where the Stavanger Cathedral is located. The bishop is Anne Lise Ådnøy, who has held the p ...

. His son,

Ole Hagesæther Ole Danbolt Hagesæther is a Norwegian theologian with the Church of Norway. He was born on 3 October 1941 in Bergen, Norway, and he served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1994 until his retirement in 2008. Hagesæther is the son of ...

, was also a Norwegian

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in the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin () is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway, and those outside of Norway in the Seamen's Church. The cathedral cit ...

Biography

Olav Hagesæther was born on 25 August 1909 in

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to Andreas and Karen Hagesæther. He went to the

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from 1928 until his graduation in 1932. He received a

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degree. He was hired as a teacher at the

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run by ''Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap'' missionary organization during the 1930s. In 1939, he was hired as the assistant pastor for Haus Church in

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. From 1945 to 1958, he was the parish priest for Rjukan Church. In 1958, he was hired as an assistant pastor at the Johannes Church in

. In 1964, he was promoted to parish priest for the same church. In 1968, he was appointed to the post of

of the

, based at the

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. He held this job until his retirement in 1976. He died on 7 March 1999 in

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after a long illness.

References

1909 births 1999 deaths Bishops of Stavanger 20th-century Lutheran bishops {{Norway-Lutheran-bishop-stub