Fredrik Hansen
Fredrik Hansen | |
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| Bishop of Oslo | |
.jpg) Hansen in 2022 | |
| Church | Catholic |
| See | Oslo |
| Appointed | 1 November 2024 (as Coadjutor) |
| Installed | 16 July 2025 |
| Predecessor | Bernt Ivar Eidsvig |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 April 2007 by Bernt Ivar Eidsvig |
| Consecration | 18 January 2025 by Pietro Parolin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1979 |
| Nationality |  Norwegian |
| Motto | Lex Tua veritas (Your law is truth) |
| Coat of arms |  |
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| Styles of Fredrik Hansen | |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Fredrik Hansen P.S.S. (born 13 June 1979) is a Norwegian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Oslo since July 2025.
Early life
Fredrik Hansen was born on 13 June 1979 in a Evangelican-Lutheran family belonging to the Church of Norway. He was converted into the Catholic Church at the age of 20 on 27 December 1999.[1]
Hansen was educated at Brunia Junior High School and the University of Oslo.
Priestly ministry
After studying philosophy and theology at Allen Hall Seminary and Heythrop College, both in London, he was ordained deacon on 1 July 2006, and on 21 April 2007, he was ordained priest incardinated to the Diocese of Oslo.
After his priestly ordination, he held the following positions:
- Private Secretary to the Bishop of Oslo (2007–2011)
- Pro-Rector at St. Eystein Seminary (2008–2011)
- Secretary of the Norwegian Catholic Bishops' Council (2009-2011)
- Judge at the Tribunal for the Catholic Diocese of Oslo (2011–2016)
He received a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2013,[2] during his stay in Rome, he was the vice-rector of the Collegio Teutonico di Santa Maria dell'Anima.
He was then a student at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, and in 2013, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, subsequently, he was elevated to the title of Monsignor.
Hansen was assigned to the Papal Nunciature in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See as observer to international organizations in Vienna, and to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York.
After completing his diplomatic service in New York, he entered the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice on 22 July 2022. The congregation's main activity since its foundation in 1642 has been the operation of seminaries.
Hansen became a professor at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, and teaches the canon law and ecclesiology.[3]
Episcopal ministry
On 1 November 2024, Pope Francis appointed Hansen as the Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, his episcopal consecration was held on 18 January 2025 on St. Olav's Cathedral by Cardinal Pietro Parolin.[4]
On 16 July 2025 Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Oslo, Bernt Ivar Eidsvig; as the Coadjutor Bishop, Hansen automatically succeeded Eidsvig as the Bishop of Oslo.[5][6]
References
- ^ Coppen, Luke. "'A diocese full of life': Meet Oslo's new Bishop Fredrik Hansen". www.pillarcatholic.com. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
- ^ "Monsignore Fredrik Hansen er utnevnt til koadjutorbiskop av Oslo". www.katolsk.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ "Rev. Fredrik Hansen, P.S.S. (cand.) | St. Mary's Seminary & University". stmarys.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ EWTN | Katholisches Fernsehen weltweit (2025-01-18). LIVE: Heilige Messe und Bischofsweihe von Mgr. Fredrik Hansen PSS. Retrieved 2025-07-18 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Biskop Fredrik Hansen overtar Oslo katolske bispedømme". www.katolsk.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2025-07-16.