Order Bishop

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The order bishop was in the Kingdom of Sweden from 1783 to 1883 a bishop appointed by the king , who was primarily responsible for the royal orders of knights .

The Royal Knights of Sweden

The Royal Order of the Seraphine is the highest order in the Kingdom of Sweden. The Order of the Sword is the military order for officers of all degrees. The Order of the Polar Star is the second highest Order of the Kingdom and was on 28 April 1748 by King Frederick I donated. The Royal Wasa Order was awarded until 1975. The order of Charles XIII. is an order of knights that was founded on May 27, 1811 by King Charles XIII. was donated.

  • Four royal orders of knights of Sweden

  • Order of Charles XIII

Religious Bishop: Office and Area of ​​Activity

In addition to the canonical bishops and collegiate bishops of the Church of Sweden, there was a religious bishop in Sweden since 1783. He was appointed by the king, who was head of the Church of Sweden, without the suggestion of an ecclesiastical or secular institution, and had to be in command of the North Star Order. He was not assigned an office-dependent diocese , but he had the same rank and the same position as the bishops of the Church of Sweden. He was thus the spiritual representative of all royal orders of knights and, like the other bishops, was appointed by the king to the state parliament without election . His jurisdiction was limited to the Seraphine Order, whose chapter was the governing body for the royal knightly orders (except the Wasa order) . It consisted of the Order Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, Treasurer , Master of Ceremonies , Standard Bearer , Order Bishop and Herald . The order bishop supervised the clerics employed in the hospitals , collegiate churches and orphanages of the knightly orders . He was assigned two chaplains , who were elected from among the court preachers , as employees. In a secondary job and to secure his livelihood , he could also be bishop of a diocese or chief court preacher, in most cases this office was linked to the cathedral church and the Västerås cathedral chapter . On April 28th, the great festival of the Seraphine Knights , he led the service , gave the sermon and the memorial speeches for the knights buried in the Riddarholmskyrkan in Stockholm . At the coronation ceremonies, he was involved with the religious chapter in the enthronement ceremony .

Swedish religious bishops

The first order bishop was 1785 by King Gustav III. used.

Archbishop Anton Niklas Sundberg of Uppsala refused in 1880, as the highest spiritual representative of the Church of Sweden, to ordain Bishop Frithiof Grafström, appointed by King Oskar II . Sundberg insisted on calling an incumbent diocesan bishop . After Grafström's death, the position of Bishop of the Order remained vacant and was not filled again; the official dissolution of the office did not take place until 1952.

Swedish religious bishops 1785–1883

Web links

  • Order Bishop. In: Ecclesiastical statistics or representation of the entire Christian according to their present external and internal conditions , Volume 2; Author Julius Wiggers, Perthes publishing house, 1843, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized October 23, 2008, pages 190–192
  • Order Bishop. In: Sweden's Church Constitution and Education (etc.) Volume 1 of Sweden's Church Constitution and Education; Author Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert, Verlag Kunike, 1821, original from the Austrian National Library , page: 190-191
  • Order Bishop. In: Coronation and homage to Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, and Queen Josephine MM in Stockholm on September 28, 1844 : In addition to an appendix: Origin, history and description of the Swedish orders of knights, Morin publishing house, 1845, original from the Austrian National Library , Digitized Aug. 12, 2014, page: 77-82

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Swedish Estates Day (Ståndsriksdag) was the gathering of representatives of the four estates (nobility, clergy, citizens and peasants) until 1866