List of Archbishops of Turku

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The brick-Gothic Turku Cathedral (Åbo)

The following people were bishops and archbishops of the Archdiocese of Turku . The bishops (or archbishops since 1817) have been heads of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since the Reformation :

Local bishops

Catholic

Missionary Bishops of Finland

Unsecured:

  • Henry 1156
  • Rudolfus
  • Folquinus

Historical:

  • Thomas 1225-1245
  • Bero 1248-1258

Bishops of Turku

  1. Ragvald 1258-1266
  2. Catillus 1266-1286
  3. John 1286-1290
  4. Maunu 1291-1308
  5. Ragvald 1309-1321
  6. Pentti 1321-1338
  7. Hemming 1338-1366
  8. Heinrich Hartmaninpoika 1366-1367
  9. Johannes Pietarinpoika 1367-1370
  10. Johannes Westfal 1370-1385
  11. Bero Balk 1385-1412
  12. Maunu Olavinpoika Tavast 1412-1450
  13. Olavi Maununpoika 1450-1460
  14. Konrad Bitz 1460-1489
  15. Maunu Niilonpoika Särkilahti 1489-1500
  16. Lauri Suurpää 1500–1506
  17. Johannes Olavinpoika 1506-1510
  18. Arvid Kurki 1510-1522
  19. Ericus Svenonius 1523-1527
  20. Martti Skytte 1528-1550

Lutheran

Bishops of Turku

  1. Mikael Agricola 1554-1557
  2. Pietari Follingius 1558–1563
  3. Paavali Juusten 1563-1575
  4. Ericus Erici Sorolainen 1583-1625
  5. Isaacus Rothovius 1627-1652
  6. Aeschillus Petraeus 1652–1657
  7. Johannes Terserus 1658–1664
  8. Johannes Gezelius the Elder 1664–1690
  9. Johannes Gezelius the Younger 1690–1718
  10. Hermann Witte 1721–1728
  11. Lars Tammelin 1728-1733
  12. Jonas Fahlenius 1734-1748
  13. Johann Browallius 1748–1755
  14. Karl Fredrik Mennander 1757–1775
  15. Jakob Brille 1776–1788
  16. Jakob Gadolin 1788–1802
  17. Jakob Tengström 1803-1817

Archbishops of Turku

In 1817 the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese. Accordingly, the episcopate was upgraded to archbishop.

  1. Jakob Tengström 1817–1832
  2. Erik Gabriel Melartin 1833-1847
  3. Edvard Bergenheim 1850-1884
  4. Torsten Thure Renvall 1884–1898
  5. Gustaf Johansson 1899-1930
  6. Lauri Ingman 1930-1934
  7. Erkki Kaila 1935-1944
  8. Aleksi Lehtonen 1945–1951
  9. Ilmari Salomies 1951-1964
  10. Martti Simojoki 1964-1978
  11. Mikko E. Juva 1978-1982
  12. John Vikström 1982-1998

Bishops of Turku

Since 1998 the archbishopric has had a second bishop in addition to the archbishop (leading bishop of the universal church).

  1. Ilkka Kantola 1998-2005
  2. Kari Mäkinen 2006-2010
  3. Kaarlo Kalliala since 2011

Senior Bishop of the Church of Finland

  1. Archbishop Jukka Paarma 1998–2010
  2. Archbishop Kari Mäkinen 2010–2018
  3. Archbishop Tapio Luoma 2018-