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Ole Christian Mælen Kvarme (born November 11 , 1948 in Molde ) is the Bishop of Oslo in the Lutheran Church Of Norway since 2005. As Bishop of Oslo, Kvarme is the Royal family's personal Prelate . He graduated from the Norwegian School of Theology in 1974 , and studied further in Göttingen and Jerusalem . He was ordained to priest for mission service abroad in Bodø in 1975. Kvarme worked as a scientific assistant at the Norwegian School of Theology 1972-74, as a Bible translator for the Norwegian Bible Society from 1973, as a military Chaplain in 1975, as a missionary priest for Den Norske Israelsmisjon in Haifa 1976-81. He was the executive secretary of the Norwegian Bible Society in Israel and of the Norwegian Bible Society on The West Bank from 1976-81. From 1982-86 he led the Caspari Center For Biblical And Jewish Studies , and from 1986-96 he was secretary general of the Norwegian Bible Society. He was Dean in Oslo Cathedral 1996-98 and was appointed Bishop of Borg in 1998 . In 2005, he was appointed Bishop of Oslo. His appointment as Bishop of Oslo by the government of Kjell Magne Bondevik was criticized by non-Christians and liberal Christians because he is loyal to the decision of the highest body of the Church of Norway not to allow practicing homosexuals as priests. He is considered a centrist moderate conservative. PUBLICATIONS
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