Claim: Born in Christiania, Norway (present-day Oslo), Johan Ernst Gunnerus served as a bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros.
Evidence: (1718-02-26)26 February 1718
Christiania, Norway Oslo (/ˈɒzloʊ/ OZ-loh, also US: /ˈɒsloʊ/ OSS-loh, Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ (listen), rarely [ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. This article is about the city formerly named Christiania or Kristiania (1624–1924). In 1758 he became Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros in Trondheim, Norway.