Jan Otto Myrseth Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Jan Otto Myrseth
Bishop of Tunsberg
Church:Church of Norway
Diocese:Tunsberg
Elected:6 June 2018
Term:2018–present
Predecessor:Per Arne Dahl
Ordination:1989
Consecration:23 September 2018
Consecrated By:Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Birth Date:30 August 1957
Birth Place:Sykkylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian

Jan Otto Myrseth (born 2 July 1957) is a Norwegian prelate who is the current Bishop of Tunsberg.

Biography

Myrseth completed his theological studies in 1988 and was ordained in the summer of 1989. After serving as vicar in the Diocese of Tunsberg since 1989, he was appointed vicar of the parish of Norderhov in 1991. On December 17, 2004, he was appointed Dean of the Ringerike deanery. He was appointed to the office on Sunday, April 24, 2005. Myrseth also served as a hospital chaplain and as lecturer at the theological faculty of the Theological seminary of the University of Oslo. In 2010 he became the Provost of Bergen Cathedral. On June 6, 2018, he was elected as bishop of Tunsberg by the Church Council and was consecrated in September of the same year.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Jan Otto Myrseth ny biskop i Tunsberg . Norwegian . 22 March 2019.