Ásmundur Guðmundsson
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The Right Reverend Ásmundur Guðmundsson | |
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Bishop of Iceland | |
File:Ásmundur Guðmundsson.jpg Ásmundur Guðmundsson | |
Church | Church of Iceland |
Diocese | Iceland |
In office | 1954-1959 |
Predecessor | Sigurgeir Sigurðsson |
Successor | Sigurbjörn Einarsson |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 1915 |
Consecration | June 20, 1954 by Sigurgeir Sigurðsson |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | May 29, 1969 Akranes, Iceland | (aged 80)
Buried | Hólavallakirkjugarður, Reykjavík |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Parents | Guðmundur Helgason & Þóra Ásmundsdóttir |
Spouse | Steinunn Sigríður Magnúsdóttir |
Children | 7 |
Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Ásmundur Guðmundsson (6 October 1888 - 29 May 1969) was an Icelandic prelate who was Bishop of Iceland from 1954 till 1959.
Biography
Guðmundsson was born on October 6, 1888 in Reykholt, Iceland. He graduated from the University of Iceland on June 19, 1912. He served as pastor to the Icelandic settlements in Alberta for a month in 1914 and in Saskatchewan in Canada from 1912 till 1914. he became an assistant priest in Stykkishólmur on June 24, 1915, and became parish priest on Helgafell on May 31, 1916. Appointed principal of Eiðar on January 11, 1919 and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Iceland on April 24, 1928 and Professor April 24, 1934. He was also Dean of the Theological Department from 1934 till 1935. He was elected Bishop of Iceland in 1954 and was consecrated bishop in Reykjavík Cathedral on June 20, 1954. In 1959 he was succeeded by Sigurbjörn Einarsson. Ásmundur Guðmundsson wrote a number of books, including The Supreme Life (1964) about Jesus' life.[1]
References
- ^ Magnússon, Björn."Ásmundur Guðmundsson", ismus. Retrieved on 11 July 2019.