About Jacob Christian Petersen
Lived 1870 – 1964 (aged 94). Jacob Christian Petersen was a Norwegian theologian and priest.
Jacob Christian Petersen or J.C. Petersen was a Norwegian theologian and priest. He served as the first Bishop of the (modern-day) Diocese of Stavanger from its re-establishment in 1925 until his retirement in 1940.
Personal life Jacob Christian Petersen was born on 22 February 1870 in Drammen, Norway to the merchant Peter Petersen and his wife Kristine Marie Svendsen. He married Sara Marie Myhre in 1900.
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Who was Jacob Christian Petersen?
Norwegian theologian
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Jacob Christian Petersen was born on 22 February 1870 in Drammen.
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Jacob Christian Petersen died on 18 August 1964.
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Jacob Christian Petersen was a theologian and priest.
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Jacob Christian Petersen was Norwegian.
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