Diocese of Mikkeli

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Diocese of Mikkeli Mikkelin hiippakunta
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	49
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established	1897
Cathedral	Mikkeli Cathedral
Co-cathedral	Savonlinna Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Seppo Häkkinen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma

The Diocese of Mikkeli is one of nine dioceses in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1897 in the town of Savonlinna. Later, in 1924 the episcopal see was moved to Viipuri, but after Finland had lost the city to the Soviet Union the see was moved to Mikkeli in 1945. There it has been ever since.

Bishops of Mikkeli[]

• Bishops of Savonlinna 1897-1924
  • Gustaf Johansson 1897–1899
  • 1899–1924
• Bishops of Viipuri 1924-1945
  • Erkki Kaila 1925–1935
  • 1935–1942
  • Ilmari Salomies 1943–1945
• Bishops of Mikkeli 1945-
  • Ilmari Salomies 1945–1951
  • Martti Simojoki 1951–1959
  • 1959–1978
  • 1978–1993
  • 1993–2009
  • Seppo Häkkinen 2009-

See also[]

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

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