Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir | |
Bishop of Iceland | |
Church: | Church of Iceland |
Diocese: | Iceland |
Predecessor: | Karl Sigurbjörnsson |
Ordination: | 20 September 1981 |
Consecration: | 24 June 2012 |
Consecrated By: | Karl Sigurbjörnsson |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Ísafjörður, Iceland |
Previous Post: | Dean of the Western Fjords |
Agnes Margrétardóttir Sigurðardóttir (born 19 October 1954) is an Icelandic prelate who is the current Bishop of Iceland. She is the first woman to be elected a Bishop of the Church of Iceland, which happened in 2012;[1] she took office as such in the same year.[2]
Agnes was born in Ísafjörður. She has the degree of Cand. theol., University of Iceland (1981). From 1999 and before her election, she served as the dean of the Western Fjords.[2]
Agnes is divorced and has three children. She has been active in Iceland's music life, playing the piano and organ and singing in choirs.[3]