Olav Hagesæther

Rt. Rev. Olav Hagesæther
Bishop
Church	Church of Norway
Diocese	Diocese of Stavanger
Appointed	1968
In office	1968–1976
Predecessor	Fridtjov Søiland Birkeli
Successor	Sigurd Lunde
Orders
Consecration	1968
Personal details
Born	(1909-08-25)25 August 1909 Bergen, Norway
Died	7 March 1999(1999-03-07) (aged 89) Stavanger, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Christian
Parents	Andreas Hagesæther and Karen Sandvik
Spouse	Johanna Sophie Danbolt
Children	Ole Hagesæther
Occupation	Priest
Education	Cand.theol. (1932)
Alma mater	MF Norwegian School of Theology

Olav Hagesæther (1909–1999) was a Norwegian theologian, priest, and Bishop of the Diocese of Stavanger. His son, Ole Hagesæther, was also a Norwegian bishop in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

Biography

Olav Hagesæther was born on 25 August 1909 in Bergen, Norway to Andreas and Karen Hagesæther. He went to the MF Norwegian School of Theology from 1928 until his graduation in 1932. He received a cand.theol. degree. He was hired as a teacher at the Nordhordland Bible school run by Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap missionary organization during the 1930s. In 1939, he was hired as the assistant pastor for Haus Church in Haus, Norway. From 1945 to 1958, he was the parish priest for Rjukan Church. In 1958, he was hired as an assistant pastor at the Johannes Church in Bergen. In 1964, he was promoted to parish priest for the same church. In 1968, he was appointed to the post of Bishop of the Diocese of Stavanger, based at the Stavanger Cathedral. He held this job until his retirement in 1976. He died on 7 March 1999 in Stavanger after a long illness.