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Helga Haugland Byfuglien

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The Most Reverend

Helga Haugland Byfuglien
Primate of the Church of Norway
ChurchChurch of Norway
Elected
  • 21 October 2010 (as elected Preses)
  • 2012 (as permanent Preses)
RetiredJanuary 2020
PredecessorOlav Skjevesland
SuccessorOlav Fykse Tveit
Previous post(s)Bishop of Borg (2005–2012)
Orders
Consecration11 December 2005
by Finn Wagle
Personal details
Born (1950-06-22) 22 June 1950 (age 74)
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationLutheran

Helga Haugland Byfuglien (born 22 June 1950[1] in Bergen) is a bishop in the Church of Norway. She was the Preses of the Norwegian Bishops' Conference from 2010 until her retirement in 2020. Prior to that, she was the Bishop of the Diocese of Borg.

She was appointed on 23 September 2005[2] by King Harald V, and was consecrated and installed in office on 11 December 2005 at Fredrikstad Cathedral. She held the position as Secretary General of the Norwegian YMCA-YWCA.[3] She was the parish priest in Nidaros Diocese from 1978 to 1986 and in Ås parish in the Borg Diocese from 1986 to 1993. From 1993 till 1997 she was chaplain in the Borg Diocese.

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Church of Norway titles
Preceded by Preses of the Church of Norway
2010–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Borg
2005–2011
Succeeded by