Complex sentence: He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen, and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt, minister at Breiðabólstaður and bishop of Hólar from 1571 until his death on July 20,1627.
Split into simpler sentences: He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. Guðbrandur Þorláksson was Bishop of Hólar from 1571 until his death on July 20,1627.