Ola Markus Steinholt | |
Bishop | |
Church: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Nord-Hålogaland |
Term: | 1990–2001 |
Ordination: | 1961 in Trondenes Church |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1934 |
Birth Place: | Trondenes, Norway |
Death Place: | Tromsø, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Religion: | Christian |
Occupation: | Priest |
Education: | Cand.theol. (1959) |
Alma Mater: | University of Oslo |
Ola Markus Steinholt (4 October 1934 - 20 April 2009) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.
He was born in Trondenes, Norway in 1934. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.theol. degree in 1959. He was a parish priest in Vefsn starting in 1971, after having been a military chaplain for some time. He served as dean in Tromsø Cathedral from 1984 to 1990 and bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland from 1990 to 2001. He died in April 2009 in Tromsø, Norway.[1]