Diocese of Oulu
The diocese of Oulu ( Finnish Oulun hiippakunta ) is one of nine dioceses in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland . The diocese is the northernmost of Finland and its bishop has been Samuel Salmi since 2001 .
The diocese was founded in 1851 as the diocese of Kuopio. In 1900 the bishopric was moved from Kuopio to Oulu , but the name was not changed to "Diocese of Oulu" until 1923. The diocese of Oulu covers most of the northern Ostrobothnian landscape and the Lapland landscape . The bishopric is the Oulu Cathedral .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Kuopio
- Robert Frosterus 1851-1884
- Gustaf Johansson 1885-1897
- Otto Immanuel Colliander 1897–1899
Bishops of Oulu
- Juho Koskimies 1900-1936
- Juho Mannermaa 1936–1943
- Yrjö Wallinmaa 1943
- Väinö Malmivaara 1943–1954
- Olavi Heliövaara 1954–1963
- Leonard Pietari Tapaninen 1963-1965
- Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen 1965–1979
- Olavi Rimpiläinen 1979-2000
- Samuel Salmi 2001–2018
- Jukka Keskitalo 2018–
Web links
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