Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir

The Right Reverend
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir
Bishop of Iceland
Church Church of Iceland
Diocese Iceland
Orders
Consecration 24 June 2012
by Karl Sigurbjörnsson, Bishop of Iceland
Personal details
Born (1954-10-19) 19 October 1954
Ísafjörður, Iceland

Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir (born 19 October 1954) was elected Bishop of Iceland in 2012.

She is the first woman to be elected a Bishop of the Church of Iceland.[1]

Sigurðardóttir was born in Ísafjörður, Iceland. She has the degree of Cand. theol., University of Iceland (1981). From 1999 and before her election, she served as the dean of the Western Fjords.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "First woman to be elected bishop takes office today".

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Preceded by
Karl Sigurbjörnsson
Bishop of Iceland
24 June 2012present
Incumbent
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