Finnur Jónsson (bishop), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Icelandic bishop
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Place of Birth: Hítarvatn, Iceland
About Finnur Jónsson (bishop)
- Finnur Jónsson (16 January 1704 – 23 July 1789) was an Icelandic pastor who served as Bishop of Skálholt from 1754 to 1785.
- He attended the University of Copenhagen and became a pastor at Reykholt in 1732.
- He was reluctant to become a bishop due to the administrative duties the office entailed.
- He was also an accomplished scholar.
- In 1774, he became the first Icelander to receive a Doctor of Theology degree.
- From 1772 to 1778, he published Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ, a four-volume work containing publications of the church in Iceland in Latin. Finnur's son, Hannes Finnsson, succeeded his father as Bishop of Skálholt, having been ordained a bishop in 1777.
- Finnur's wife was Guðríður Gísladóttir (1707–1766).
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