Johannes Olav Fallize

Johannes Olav Fallize, Ph.D., D.Th. (9 November 1844, Bettelange, Luxembourg, Belgium – 23 October 1933, Luxembourg, Luxembourg ), was the first Roman Catholic bishop in Norway since the Reformation. As the head of the Catholic Church of Norway for 35 years, he was the Prefect Apostolic of Norway from 1887 to 1892 and the Vicar Apostolic of Norway from 1892 to 1922.

Jean-Baptiste Fallize was actually born in Belgium to Luxembourger parents on 9 November 1844. In his autobiography, he wrote that his birth and baptism were both recorded in Belgium in Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, (since 1977, a neighborhood of the city of Bastogne ) in the province of Luxembourg but his birth certificate showed that he was actually born in the nearby village of Bettelange ( German: Bettlingen, Luxembourgish: Bëtleng ), where his father had been working for a tannery. But the parents, Jean Fallize and Thérèse Pfeffer, were Luxembourgers from Arsdorf ( Luxembourgish: Uerschdref ), now a part of the Municipality of Rambrouch ), in the canton of Redange. In 1850, when Jean-Baptiste was six years old, they moved with their children across the border to Harlange ( German: Harlingen, Luxembourgish: Harel, now in the municipality of Lac de la Haute-Sûre ), in the canton of Wiltz, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In Harlange, Jean opened his own tanner's workshop and, in Harlange, the children would spend the rest of their childhood. One of them was , C.S.C. (1855–1920), a priest and missionary who served the Diocese of Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh ) as its Vicar General for 21 years (1889–1910).

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