Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr.
Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup (26 October 1853 – 23 October 1913) was a Norwegian bishop.
Personal life
Schjelderup was born in Ullensaker, the son of Peter Vilhelm Schjelderup and Dorothea Marie Lysholm. He had two brothers and one sister.[1]
He married Henriette Nicoline Hassel. Their son Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. became a bishop as well, while their youngest son Harald Krabbe Schjelderup became a professor of psychology.[2]
Career
Schjelderup enrolled as a student in 1870, and graduated as cand.theol. in 1875. He worked as a chaplain in Moss from 1876 and Christianssand from 1880. He then became vicar in Dybvaag 1890, and dean in Oddernes in 1903. From 1908 to his death he served as bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand.[3]
He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1910.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Peter Vilhelm Schjelderup genealogy
- ↑ Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr genealogy (vestraat.net)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Article about Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. - hosted by Agder University College.
- ↑ Leganger, N.F. (1913). Den Kongelige norske St. Olavs orden: kort oversigt over ordenens historie og meddelelser om dens nulevende norske medlemmer, med portrætter (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Abels kunstforlag. p. 118.
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| Preceded by Gunvald Thorkildsen |
Bishop of Christianssand 1908–1913 |
Succeeded by Bernt Støylen |