The Right Reverend Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir |
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Bishop of Iceland | |
Church | Church of Iceland |
Diocese | Iceland |
Orders | |
Consecration | 24 June 2012 by Karl Sigurbjörnsson, Bishop of Iceland |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ísafjörður, Iceland |
19 October 1954
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir (born 19 October 1954) was elected Bishop of Iceland in 2012.
She is the first woman to be elected a Bishop of the Church of Iceland.
Sigurðardóttir was born in Ísafjörður, Iceland. She has the degree of Cand. theol., University of Iceland (1981). From 1999 and before her election, she served as the dean of the Western Fjords. Agnes Sigurðardóttir is separated. She has three children. She has been active in Iceland’s music life, playing the piano, organ and singing in choirs.