Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Atle Sommerfeldt | |
Bishop of Borg | |
Elected: | 28 October 2011 |
Diocese: | Borg |
Term: | 2012 |
Predecessor: | Helga Haugland Byfuglien |
Ordination: | June 1982 |
Ordained By: | Andreas Aarflot |
Consecration: | 29 January 2012 |
Consecrated By: | Helga Haugland Byfuglien |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1951 |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Spouse: | Marianne Uri - Øverland |
Atle Sommerfeldt (born 22 November 1951) is a Norwegian prelate, who resigned from being the Bishop of Borg late in 2021. Prior to becoming a bishop, he was Secretary General of the Norwegian Church Aid from 1994 to 2012.[1]
Sommerfeldt was appointed Bishop of Borg on 28 October 2011 and was consecrated bishop on 29 January 2012 in Fredrikstad Cathedral. Sommerfeldt holds a degree in theology gained in 1980. He has previously been a priest in the Diocese of Oslo (1982-1984), general secretary of the Botswana Christian Council (1989-1993) and general secretary of the Council on Ecumenical and International Relations of the Church of Norway (1993–94).[2]