Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

He was born at Rødøy in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of the Danish-born priest Rasmus Sundt Christensen Kjerschow (1739–1806) and his wife Benedicte Maria Pedersdatter Hersleb (born 1744). His father was a vicar in Brønnøysund, who had migrated to Norway from Jutland. He was a student at Trondheim Cathedral School and earned his cand.theol. in 1808.{{Cite web |last=Jon Gunnar Arntzen |title=Kjerschow |url=https://snl.no/Kjerschow |access-date=November 1, 2017 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}

From 1814, he was a resident chaplain in Aker Prestegjeld, where he served under parish priest Claus Pavels (1769–1822). In 1823, he became a parish priest in Aker. In 1830, he was added as the second bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø.{{Cite web |last=Arne Bugge Amundsen |title=Claus Pavels |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Claus_Pavels |access-date=November 1, 2017 |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon}}

He was a bishop in the Church of Norway for twenty-seven years; first in Tromsø from 1830 to 1848 and later in the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1848 to 1857.[http://www.kirken.no/?event=doLink&famID=1926 Bishops of the Church of Norway 1537–2008] – Church of Norway[http://www-bib.hive.no/tekster/sem_slagen/kulturhistorie2_1/prester_i_sem.html "Prester i Sem"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111072029/http://www-bib.hive.no/tekster/sem_slagen/kulturhistorie2_1/prester_i_sem.html |date=2007-01-11 }}, in Sem og Slagen – en bygdebok. Hosted by Tønsberg public library. {{in lang|no}}{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Kjerschow |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=630572}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Peder Kjerschow married Johanne Benedicte Collett (1802–1851),[http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201810%20to%201890%20Rev.4.htm Collett family part 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210085539/http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201810%20to%201890%20Rev.4.htm |date=2008-12-10 }} daughter of mining director Christian Ancher Collett and cousin of Peter Jonas and Johan Christian Collett.[http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201655%20to%201810%20Rev.2.htm Collett family part 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210085534/http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201655%20to%201810%20Rev.2.htm |date=2008-12-10 }} They had seven children of which two died young. Their son Christian Collett Kjerschow became a County Governor, while their daughter married businessman Jacob Andreas Michelsen. His grandson Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was named after him, but is better known as Christian Michelsen, statesman and prime minister.{{Cite news |last=Ask |first=Øyvind |title=Nu gjælder det at holde kjæft |url=http://www.disnorge.no/ho/artikler/Utklipp_bt020705e1b23.pdf |access-date=2008-10-16 |work=Bergens Tidende |language=no}}

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