Tor Berger Jørgensen

Tor Berger Jørgensen ( * December 27, 1945 in Oslo) is a Norwegian, Lutheran Bishop of the Church of Norway.

Life

After leaving school, Jørgensen studied theology at the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo. In 1972 he reached the theological doctorate. Over 15 years Jørgensen worked as a missionary priest in Japan for the Missionary Society Norske Misjonsselskab, NMS. From 1991 to 1999 Jørgensen was the General Secretary of the NMS. Since 2000, Jørgensen 's provost in Bodø. Jørgensen was in January 2007, Lutheran bishop in the Diocese of Sør- Hålogaland.

He is in favor of the church's blessing of same-sex couples.

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