Pétur Sigurgeirsson

Pétur Sigurgeirsson
The Right Reverend; Pétur Sigurgeirsson
	Bishop of Iceland
Church	Church of Iceland
Diocese	Iceland
Elected	1 October 1981
In office	1981–1989
Retired	1 July 1989
Predecessor	Sigurbjörn Einarsson
Successor	Ólafur Skúlason
Orders
Ordination	1947
Consecration	11 August 1969; by Sigurbjörn Einarsson
Personal details
Born	June 2, 1919; Ísafjörður, Iceland
Died	June 4, 2010 (aged 91); Reykjavik, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Sigurgeir Sigurdsson & Gudrún Pétursdóttir
Spouse	Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir
Children	4
Previous post	Bishop of Hólar (1969-1981)
Alma mater	University of Iceland

Pétur Sigurgeirsson (June 2, 1919 – June 4, 2010) was the Bishop of Iceland from 1981 until 1989.

Biography

Pétur was the son of Sigurgeir Sigurdsson who later became Bishop of Iceland and Gudrún Pétursdóttir. He had 3 other siblings and was the oldest amongst them. He graduated from Reykjavík University in 1940 and studied theology at the University of Iceland and graduated in 1944. He undertook a master's degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in Philadelphia and studied journalism, English and Biblical Studies at Stanford University, California. In 1947 he was ordained priest and served in the parish of Akureyri. He became the Bishop of Hólar in 1969. On October 1, 1981 he was elected as Bishop of Iceland.

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