Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson (8 April 1855 – 19 March 1922) was a Norwegian theologian and priest. He served as bishop of both the Diocese of Hålogaland and the Diocese of Hamar.[1]

Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson
Personal details
Born(1855-04-08)8 April 1855
Wisconsin, United States
Died19 March 1922(1922-03-19) (aged 66)
Hamar, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChurch of Norway
OccupationPriest
EducationCand.theol.
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Years active1878—1922

Dietrichson was born in the state of Wisconsin. His parents, Gustav Fredrik Dietrichson (1813–1886) and Pauline Christine Sørine Alette Henriette Preus (1819–1900) were Norwegian immigrants to the United States. He came for a clerical family. His maternal uncle, Adolph Carl Preus (1814–1878), had immigrated from Norway in 1850. Preus served as the first President of the Norwegian Synod prior to returning to Norway in 1870 where he served as vicar in Tvedestrand Municipality and Holt Municipality in Aust-Agder until his death.[2][3]

Dietrichson himself moved to Norway where he received his Cand.theol. degree from the University of Oslo in 1878. He was the parish priest in Stor-Elvdal Municipality from 1887 until 1897 and in Bodø Municipality from 1897 until 1910. In 1910, he was named Bishop of Tromsø stift. The name was changed to the "Diocese of Hålogaland" in 1918. Later in 1918, he became the new bishop for the Diocese of Hamar, the position he held until his death in 1922 in Hamar.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lutherske Biskoper Etter Reformasjonstiden (Den norske kirkes biskoper)
  2. ^ Harry T. Cleven: Adolph Carl Preus, Prest (Norsk biografisk leksikon)
  3. ^ "Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson". vestraat.net. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Tarald Rasmussen (February 14, 2009). "Gustav Johan Fredrik Dietrichson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
Church of Norway titles
Preceded by Bishop of Tromsø
1910–1918
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Hamar
1918–1922
Succeeded by