Diocese of Kuopio

Diocese of Kuopio Kuopion hiippakunta
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	54
Members	377000
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Cathedral	Kuopio Cathedral
Current leadership
bishop	Jari Jolkkonen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma

The Diocese of Kuopio (Finnish: Kuopion hiippakunta, Swedish: Kuopio stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1939.

Bishops of Kuopio

• Eino Sormunen, 1939–1962
• Olavi Kares, 1962–1974
• Paavo Kortekangas, 1974–1981
• Jukka Malmivaara, 1981–1984
• Matti Sihvonen, 1984–1996
• Wille Riekkinen, 1996–2012
• Jari Jolkkonen, 2012–present

See also

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

External links

Media related to Diocese of Kuopio at Wikimedia Commons

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Archbishop of Turku (List)

Dioceses

• Archdiocese of Turku
• Borgå
• Espoo
• Kuopio
• Lapua
• Mikkeli
• Oulu
• Tampere
• Historical
  • Savonlinna
  • Vyborg

Cathedrals

• Turku
• Espoo
• Helsinki
• Kuopio
• Lapua
• Mikkeli
• Oulu
• Porvoo
• Tampere
• No longer the seat of a bishop but still officially called cathedrals:
  • Savonlinna

Monasteries

• Monastic Community of Enonkoski

See also

• Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
• Suomen Poikien ja Tyttöjen Keskus
• Awakening

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