Msgr. Fredrik Hansen Appointed Co-Adjutor Bishop of Oslo

We congratulate and offer prayers for CLSA member Msgr. Fredrik Hansen, PSS, who has been named Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Oslo, Norway.

(Unofficial translation of announcement as published by EWTN in Norway)

Curriculum vitae

H.E. Mgr. Fredrik Hansen was born on 13 June 1979 in Drammen in the Diocese of Oslo, Norway. After studying Philosophy and Theology at the Allen Hall Seminary of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Westminster and at Heythrop College in London, on 21 April 2007 he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Oslo.

He has held the following positions and carried out further studies: Parish Vicar in Lillehammer (2007-2008); Secretary to the Bishop (2007-2011); Prefect (2007-2008) and then Vice-Rector of the diocesan seminary St. Eystein (2008-2011); Secretary of the Council of Norwegian Bishops (2009-2011) and Ecclesiastical Judge at the Tribunal of Oslo (2011-2016); Doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (2013).

He was a student of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and, in 2013, he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See, serving at the Apostolic Nunciature in Honduras (2013-2015), at the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the International Organizations in Vienna (2015-2019) and at the Mission of the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Organizations in New York (2019-2022). After completing his service in the Pontifical Representations, he entered the Company of Priests of Saint Sulpice, serving as Professor at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore (USA).