Gissur Einarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Gissur.

Gissur Einarsson (c. 1512 – 24 March 1548) was a bishop in Skálholt from 1540 to his death, and the first Lutheran bishop in Iceland.

Gissur was the son of Einar Sigvaldason on Hraun í Landbroti and of Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir. He attended Skálholt's school where he was instructed by bishop Ögmundur Pálsson and went to study further at Hamburg, where he discovered Protestantism. He was made a priest shortly after he came back to Iceland, and Ögmundur chose him as his successor in 1539. The king ratified this decision the following year, yet he was not formally made into bishop until 1542, in Copenhagen.

On October 7th 1543, Gissur married Katrín Hannessdóttir, sister of Eggert Hannesson.

Preceded by Ögmundur Pálsson	Bishop of Skálholt 1540–1548	Succeeded by Marteinn Einarsson

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