List of the bishops of Tampere

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The following people were bishops of the Diocese of Tampere ( Finland ):

Ordinaries

Bishops of Viipuri

  1. Paul Juusten (1554–1563)
  2. Canutus Johannis (1563–1564)
  3. Eerik Härkäpää (1568–1578)
  4. Olaus Elimaeus (1618–1629)
  5. Nicolaus Magni Carelius (1630-1632)
  6. Gabriel Melartopaeus (1633-1641)
  7. Petrus Bjugg (1642–1656)
  8. Nicolaus Nycopensis (1658–1664)
  9. Petrus Brommius (1664–1672)
  10. Abraham Thauvonius (1672–1679)
  11. Henrik Carstenius (1679–1683)
  12. Petrus Bång (1681–1696)
  13. Petrus Laurbecchius (1696–1705)
  14. David Lund (1705-1711)
  15. Johannes Gezelius the Youngest (1721–1723)

Bishops of Porvoo

  1. Johannes Gezelius the Youngest (1723–1733)
  2. Daniel Juslenius (1734–1743)
  3. Johan Nylander (1745–1761)
  4. Gabriel Fortunius (1762–1789)
  5. Paul Krogius (1789–1792)
  6. Zacharias Cygnaeus (1792-1809)
  7. Magnus Jacob Alopaeus (1809-1818)
  8. Zacharias Cygnaeus the Younger (1819-1820)
  9. Johan Molander (1821-1837)
  10. Carl Gustaf Ottelin (1838–1864)
  11. Frans Ludvig Schauman (1865–1878)
  12. Anders Johan Hornborg (1878-1883)
  13. Johan Viktor Johnsson (1884)
  14. Carl Henrik Alopaeus (1885-1892)
  15. Herman Råbergh (1892-1920)
  16. Jaakko Gummmerus (1920–1923)

Bishops of Tampere

  1. Jaakko Gummerus (1923–1933)
  2. Aleksi Lehtonen (1934–1945)
  3. Eelis Gulin (1945–1966)
  4. Erkki Kansanaho (1966–1981)
  5. Paavo Kortekangas (1981-1996)
  6. Juha Pihkala (1996-2008)
  7. Matti Repo (2008-present)