“Then there is no bishop over Iceland”
“Based on this conclusion, the situation is that there no decisions that the bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir has taken after 1 July 2022 are valid, that fall under the authority of the Bishop. All decisions she takes and the Bishop alone has the authority to take to not hold, based on this decision of the National Church’s ruling committee. If we assume that the ruling committee’s decision is correct, then there is no bishop over Iceland,” stated a judge at the Supreme Court, Einar Gautur Steingrímsson to Morgunblaðið.
His opinion was sought on the position of Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir following the decision of the National Church’s ruling committee that her mandate to serve as bishop over Iceland expired on July 1, 2022.
Steingrímsson says he doesn’t take a stance on whether Sigurðardóttir thinks she’s working at the church and can as such make decisions like anyother employee. Hes pointed, however, out that Sigurðardóttir can go to the courts to have the rule repelled, but conclusions of the National Church are traditionally final in the matters of the church.
This was reported in Morgunblaðið this morning.