Pétur Sigurgeirsson Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Pétur Sigurgeirsson
Church:Church of Iceland
Diocese:Iceland
Elected:1 October 1981
Term:1981–1989
Retired:1 July 1989
Predecessor:Sigurbjörn Einarsson
Successor:Ólafur Skúlason
Ordination:1947
Consecration:11 August 1969
Consecrated By:Sigurbjörn Einarsson
Birth Date:2 June 1919
Birth Place:Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland
Death Place:Reykjavík, Iceland
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Parents:Sigurgeir Sigurdsson & Gudrún Pétursdóttir
Spouse:Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir
Children:4
Previous Post:Bishop of Hólar (1969-1981)

Pétur Sigurgeirsson (2 June 1919 – 4 June 2010) was the Bishop of Iceland from 1981 until 1989.

Biography

Pétur was the son of Sigurgeir Sigurdsson who later became Bishop of Iceland and Gudrún Pétursdóttir. He had 3 other siblings and was the oldest amongst them. He graduated from Reykjavík University in 1940 and studied theology at the University of Iceland and graduated in 1944. He undertook a master's degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in Philadelphia and studied journalism, English and Biblical Studies at Stanford University, California. In 1947, he was ordained priest and served in the parish of Akureyri. He became the Bishop of Hólar in 1969. On October 1, 1981 he was elected as Bishop of Iceland.

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