Church Church of Sweden Successor Lars Eckerdal Education Uppsala University Ordination 12 December 1948 Place of burial Onsala, Sweden | Diocese Diocese of Gothenburg Name Bertil Gartner Predecessor Bo Giertz In office 1970–1991 Role Writer Consecration October 4, 1970 | |
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Died September 20, 2009, Onsala, Sweden Books The Temple and the Community in Qumran and the New Testament: A Comparative Study in the Temple Symbolism of the Qumran Texts and the New Testament | ||
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Uppsala | ||
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Bertil Edgar Gärtner (13 December 1924 – 20 September 2009) was a Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg (1970–1991), and professor of New Testament's exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States.
In 1969 Gärtner became provost of Gothenburg cathedral and on 24 July 1970 bishop of the Lutheran diocese of Gothenburg. Like his predecessor Bo Giertz, Gärtner was theologically conservative and High Church. He was the writer of a number of books about the ministry of the Church as well as on New Testament subjects. He was one of the Swedish church leaders opposing the ordination of women in the Church of Sweden. He was also an episcopal Visitor of Societas Sanctae Birgittae from 1972-, Pro Ecclesia from 1990-1997, Laurentiistiftelsen from 1997-, and Markusstiftelsen from 1998-2009.