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Bishop of Iceland

Bishop of Iceland
Bishopric
Lutheran
Sigurðardóttir2012.jpg (cropped).jpg
Incumbent:
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir
Information
First holderGeir Vídalín
Established1801
DioceseDiocese of Iceland
CathedralReykjavík Cathedral
Website
Website of the Diocese

The following is a list of Lutheran bishops of Iceland.

List

Bishop Entered office Left office
1 Geir Vídalín.jpg Geir Vídalín
(1761–1823)
1801 1823
2 Gaimard25.jpg Steingrímur Jónsson
(1769-1845)
1824 1845
3 Helgi G. Thordersen
(1794–1867)
1846 1866
4 (Baumg1889) Bischof Pjetur Pjeturson.jpg Pétur Pétursson
(1808–1891)
1866 1889
5 Hallgrímur Sveinsson
(1841–1909)
1889 1908
6 Þórhallur Bjarnarson
(1855–1916)
1908 1916
7 Jón Helgason
(1866–1942)
1917 1939
8 Sigurgeir Sigurðsson
(1890–1953)
1939 1953
9 ÁsmundurGuðmundssonBiskup.jpg Ásmundur Guðmundsson
(1888–1969)
1954 1959
10 Sigurbjörn Einarsson
(1911–2008)
1959 1981
11 Pétur Sigurgeirsson
(1919–2010)
1981 1989
12 1x1 placeholder.png Ólafur Skúlason
(1929–2008)
1989 1997
13 K.Sigurbjörnsson2012 (cropped).jpg Karl Sigurbjörnsson
(1947–)
1998 2012
14 Sigurðardóttir2012.jpg (cropped).jpg Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir
(1954–)
24 June 2012 Incumbent

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