Bernt Ivar Eidsvig

Bernt Ivar Eidsvig CRSA, religious name Markus ( born September 12, 1953 in Rjukan, Norway) is a bishop of the Diocese of Oslo and Apostolic Administrator of the Prelature of Trondheim.

Life

He studied Protestant theology in Oslo and in 1976 a theological candidate. On 20 December 1977 he converted to Catholicism and was ordained priest on 20 June 1982. He was chaplain and later pastor of Bergen. In 1991, he joined the Augustinian Canons in Klosterneuburg ( Austria ), became the habit on August 27 and received the religious name Markus. His solemn profession was on 28 August 1995. From 1996 he was master of novices, 1997-2003 pastor in St. Leopold ( Klosterneuburg ).

On 29 July 2005, the feast of Scandinavia missionary Olaf, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed as the new Catholic Bishop of Oslo. On 22 October 2005, he received in Oslo by his two predecessors episcopal ordination. It is the successor of Gerhard Schwenzer. Took place on 8 June 2009, after the resignation of Bishop Georg Müller, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Prelature of Trondheim.