Diocese of Kuopio

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Ecclesiastical province Turku & Finland Cathedral Kuopio Cathedral Number of members 483,000 Metropolitan archbishop Kari Mäkinen		Parishes 54 Country Finland Bishop Jari Jolkkonen

Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

The Diocese of Kuopio 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–

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