Riksaasen Dahl as the second woman bishop in Church of Norway. (News).Laila Riksaasen Dahl Lailia Riksaasen Dahl (born March 7 1947 in Oslo) is the current bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg in the Church of Norway. Riksaasen Dahl is a graduate from both the University of Oslo (1970, cand.mag.degree) and MF Norwegian School of Theology (1990, cand.theol.-degree). (55) was appointed the Bishop of Tunsberg diocese on 20th of September 2002. She will be consecrated con·se·crate tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates 1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church. 2. Christianity a. early 2003 and would become the second woman bishop in the Church of Norway The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in Bokmål or Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk), also known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, is the state church of Norway, to which 83%[1] of Norwegians are members. . Rosemarie Kohn was the first woman to be appointed bishop in this church, in 1993. Laila Riksaasen Dahl was born in central Oslo. Since 1995 she has served as chaplain/ parish priest in Nittedal. She has been a teacher in upper secondary public school, a catechist cat·e·chist n. A person who catechizes, especially one who instructs catechumens in preparation for admission into a Christian church. [French catechiste, from Old French, from Late Latin in the parish of Nittedal and a lecturer at the Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology. During the last 15 years she has been elected member of a number of national church committees and councils. She has been the clerical member of Borg diocesan council 1998-2002 and was elected to represent the diocese in the National Council of the Church of Norway for that period. Riksaasen Dahl is known as an author and writer focusing on encouraging pastors in their sermon preparations. Since 1993 she has presented her thoughts on the coming Sundays sermons in the daily Christian newspaper `Vart Land'. She says "I want to facilitate encounters with Christ so that people may find a living hope in their lives. God sent people who led me to my Savior. I want to be such a person to others. It is my hope that the Church can be more successful in bringing people's hidden belief to the open and in giving all our baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. members the confidence that the local church is their church." |
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