[1] Hans Nielsen Munch was born on 5 June 1654 in the village of Torkildstrup on the island of Falster in southeastern Denmark.
He married Anna Aagaard, the cousin to the King's mistress, Sophie Amalie Moth.
He accepted the position, but he also received a royal promise that when the bishop's seat in Christiania became vacant, he would get to transfer there.
In 1699, that seat became vacant upon the death of Hans Rosing, and Munch was transferred there to serve as the Bishop of the Diocese of Christiania.
The only time he showed real zeal as a bishop was one time when he expelled a Quaker priest from London who had been traveling through the diocese preaching.