Jógvan Fríðriksson

The Right Reverend Jógvan Fríðriksson
Bishop of the Faroe Islands
Church	Church of the Faroe Islands
Diocese	Faroe Islands
Elected	3 October 2007
Installed	1 December 2007
Predecessor	Hans Jacob Joensen
Orders
Ordination	1985
Consecration	25 November 2007
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-19) 19 February 1957 Strendur, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
Nationality	Faroese
Denomination	Lutheran
Alma mater	Aarhus University

Jógvan Fríðriksson (born 19 February 1957 in Strendur) is the first bishop of the independent Church of the Faroe Islands.

Biography

Fríðriksson was born on 19 February 1957 to Frederik and Elsebeth Malena Johansen. As a young man he was a sailor and in 1985 graduated in theology from Aarhus University. He served as a parish priest in the local church in the Faroe Islands from February 1986. From 1992 to 2007 he was parish priest of the churches in Skála, Strendur, Selatrað and Oyndarfjørður in the Sjóvar Municipality on the island of Eysturoy. After the Diocese of the Faroe Islands became an independent church from the Church of Denmark in 2007, Fríðriksson was elected as its Bishop on 3 October. On 25 November 2007 he was consecrated as a bishop in Tórshavn Cathedral and installed as bishop on 1 December.