Ola M. Steinholt

Ola Markus Steinholt (4 October 1934—20 April 2009) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.

Ola Markus Steinholt
Bishop
Church	Church of Norway
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
In office	1990–2001
Orders
Ordination	1961 in Trondenes Church
Personal details
Born	(1934-10-04)4 October 1934 Trondenes, Norway
Died	20 April 2009(2009-04-20) (aged 74) Tromsø, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Christian
Occupation	Priest
Education	Cand.theol. (1959)
Alma mater	University of Oslo

He was born in Trondenes Municipality, Norway in 1934. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.theol. degree in 1959. He was a parish priest in Vefsn Municipality starting in 1971, after having been a military chaplain for some time. He served as dean in Tromsø Cathedral from 1984 to 1990 and bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland from 1990 to 2001. He died in April 2009 in Tromsø, Norway.^[1]