Jacob Jensen Jersin
Right Reverend Jacob Jensen Jersin | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | |
| Church | Danish-Norwegian |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Occupation | Priest |
Jacob Jensen Jersin (1633–1694) was a
Diocese of Christianssand from 1682 until his death in 1694.[1]
Personal life
Jacob Jensen Jersin was born in 1633 in
baptized in church on 5 July of the same year. He was the son of Jens Dinesen Jersin (the Bishop of the Diocese of Ribe) and his third wife. Jersin married Adelheid Borchardsen on 5 October 1664. She was the daughter of Hans Borchardsen, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ribe.[1]
Education and career
He graduated from a school in the town of
Christianssand, and the diocese was to be renamed the Diocese of Christianssand. This was a somewhat controversial move, and the people of Stavanger protested and the Bishop and diocesan officials refused to move for two years. By 1684, however, the bishop finally relented and they moved the episcopal seat to the new Christianssand Cathedral. He died on 21 July 1694 while visiting the parish of Skien.[1]
References
- ^ Dansk biografisk Lexikon(in Danish). Vol. VIII. Kjøbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandels forlag. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
