Frederik Julius Bech
Danish-Norwegian theologian and politician
Frederik Julius Bech (August 4, 1758 – December 20, 1822) was a Danish-Norwegian theologian and politician. He took part in the Meeting of Notables in Eidsvoll on February 16, 1814, and he served as the bishop of the Diocese of Oslo from 1805 to 1822. As the head of the Church of Norway, he crowned Charles III John of Norway at Nidaros Cathedral in 1818.
Bech was born in Middelfart on the Danish island of Funen. He received his theology degree (cand.theol.) in 1783, and then traveled to Trondheim to work as a tutor for the Krogh family. He later worked as a teacher at the civil high school in Trondheim, and at the same time had religious oversight of the hospital and prison. In 1794 he became the parish priest at Ørland Church, in 1798 the resident curate at Nidaros Cathedral, and in 1803 the parish priest in Skogn. In 1804 he was appointed to the Odense diocese, Denmark. The same year he was also awarded a doctorate in theology from the University of Kiel for a minor thesis on Jesus' miracles. However, he returned to Norway because in 1805 he was appointed bishop of the Akershus diocese.
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