Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow (29 June 1786 – 24 November 1866) was a Norwegian clergyman.

The Right Reverend Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow
Bishop of Bjørgvin
Church	Church of Norway
Diocese	Tromsø stift (1830–1848) Bjørgvin (1848–1857)
In office	1830–1857
Personal details
Born	(1786-06-29)29 June 1786
Died	24 November 1866(1866-11-24) (aged 80)
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Christian
Spouse	Johanne Benedicte Collett
Children	Christian Collett Kjerschow
Occupation	Priest
Education	Cand.theol.

Biography

He was born at Rødøy in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of the Danish-born priest Rasmus Sundt Christensen Kjerschow (1739–1806) and his wife Benedicte Maria Pedersdatter Hersleb (born 1744). His father was a vicar in Brønnøy, who had migrated to Norway from Jutland. He was a student at Trondheim Cathedral School and earned his cand.theol. in 1808.[1]

From 1814, he was a resident chapel in Aker Prestegjeld, where he served under parish priest Claus Pavels (1769–1822). In 1823, he became a parish priest in Aker. In 1830, he was added as the second bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø.[2] He was a bishop in the Church of Norway for twenty-seven years; first in Tromsø from 1830 to 1848 and later in the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1848 to 1857.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Peder Kjerschow married Johanne Benedicte Collett (1802–1851),[6] daughter of mining director Christian Ancher Collett and cousin of Peter Jonas and Johan Christian Collett.[7] They had seven children of which two died young.[6] Their son Christian Collett Kjerschow became a County Governor, while their daughter married businessman Jacob Andreas Michelsen.[5] His grandson Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was named after him, but is better known as Christian Michelsen, statesman and prime minister.[8]

References

1. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Kjerschow". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. Arne Bugge Amundsen. "Claus Pavels". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
3. Bishops of the Church of Norway 1537–2008 – Church of Norway
4. "Prester i Sem" Archived 2007-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, in Sem og Slagen – en bygdebok. Hosted by Tønsberg public library. (in Norwegian)
5. "Kjerschow". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
6. Collett family part 2 Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
7. Collett family part 1 Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. Ask, Øyvind. ""Nu gjælder det at holde kjæft"" (PDF). Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-10-16.

Religious titles
Preceded by Mathias Bonsach Krogh	Bishop of Tromsø stift 1830–1848	Succeeded by Daniel Bremer Juell
Preceded by Jacob Neumann	Bishop of Bjørgvin 1848–1857	Succeeded by Jens Mathias Pram Kaurin