Ragnar Persenius

Per Ragnar Theodor Persenius (born June 27, 1952 in Uppsala ) is a bishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden .

Life

Ragnar Persenius comes from a pastor's family. After finishing school, Persenius studied theology . Persenius has been a Lutheran pastor in Uppsala since 1973. In 1988 Persenius obtained his theological doctorate in Lund with a treatise on Kyrkans identitet. En study i kyrkotänkandets profilering inom Svenska kyrkan i ekumeniskt perspective 1937–1952 . Persenius became bishop in the diocese of Uppsala on May 7, 2000 , in which Antje Jackelén has been Lutheran archbishop since 2014. Persenius also ran for the office of Archbishop of Uppsala in 2014.

On February 24, 2019, Ragnar Persenius laid down the crosier in a service in Uppsala Cathedral . His successor was Karin Johannesson .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Mer om biskop em Ragnar Persenius. Church of Sweden, February 25, 2019, accessed April 17, 2020 (Swedish).
↑ ^a ^b Biskop em Ragnar Persenius. Church of Sweden, February 26, 2019, accessed April 17, 2020 (Swedish).
^ German-born favorite for the election of the new Archbishop of Sweden. In: Central editorial office of the Evangelical Press Service. Joint work of Protestant journalism, archived from the original on August 5, 2017 ; accessed on August 5, 2017 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Tord Harlin	Bishop of Uppsala 2000-2019	Karin Johannesson

personal data
SURNAME	Persenius, Ragnar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Persenius, Per Ragnar Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish Bishop of the Church of Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Uppsala , Sweden

[kyrkan1-1] Mer om biskop em Ragnar Persenius. Church of Sweden, February 25, 2019, accessed April 17, 2020 (Swedish).

[kyrkan2-2] Biskop em Ragnar Persenius. Church of Sweden, February 26, 2019, accessed April 17, 2020 (Swedish).

[3] German-born favorite for the election of the new Archbishop of Sweden. In: Central editorial office of the Evangelical Press Service. Joint work of Protestant journalism, archived from the original on August 5, 2017 ; accessed on August 5, 2017 .