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Helga Haugland Byfuglien

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The Right Reverend

Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Primate of the Church of Norway
Elected21 October 2010 (As elected Preses)
2012 (As permanent Preses)
PredecessorOlav Skjevesland
Previous post(s)Bishop of Borg (2005-2012)
Orders
Consecration11 December 2005
Personal details
Born(1950-06-22)June 22, 1950
NationalityNorwegian

Helga Haugland Byfuglien (born 1950[1] in Bergen) is a bishop in the Church of Norway. She is the Preses of the Norwegian Bishops' Conference, and prior to that, she was the Bishop of the Diocese of Borg.

She was appointed on 23 September 2005[2] by King Harald V, and was consecrated and installed in office on 11 December 2005 at Fredrikstad Cathedral. She held the position as Secretary General of the Norwegian YMCA-YWCA.[3] She was the parish priest in Nidaros Diocese from 1978 to 1986 and in Ås parish in the Borg Diocese from 1986 to 1993. From 1993 till 1997 she was chaplain in the Borg Diocese.

References

Religious titles
Preceded by Preses of the Church of Norway
Since 2010
Incumbent
Preceded by Bishop of Borg
2005–2011
Succeeded by