Diocese of Oulu
Diocese of Oulu Oulun hiippakunta | |
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Location | |
Country | Finland |
Ecclesiastical province | Turku & Finland |
Metropolitan | Archbishop of Turku & Finland |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 61 |
Members | 503,000 |
Information | |
Denomination | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Established | 1851 |
Cathedral | Oulu Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Jukka Keskitalo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tapio Luoma |
Website | |
oulunhiippakunta.evl.fi |
The Diocese of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun hiippakunta) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was first founded in the town of Kuopio in 1851, but the episcopal see was moved to Oulu in 1900.
Bishops of Oulu[]
- Bishops of Kuopio
- 1851–1884
- Gustaf Johansson 1885–1897
- 1897–1899
- Bishops of Oulu
- 1900–1936
- 1936–1943
- 1943c
- Väinö Malmivaara 1943–1954
- 1954–1963
- 1963–1965
- 1965–1979
- 1979–2000
- Samuel Salmi 2001–2018
- 2018-
See also[]
External links[]
- Media related to Diocese of Oulu at Wikimedia Commons
- Diocese of Oulu (in Finnish)
Categories:
- Lutheran districts established in the 19th century
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland dioceses
- Oulu