Ecclesiastical province Turku & Finland Established 1897 Country Finland Cathedral Mikkeli Cathedral | Parishes 49 Co-cathedral Savonlinna Cathedral Bishop Seppo Häkkinen Metropolitan archbishop Kari Mäkinen | |
Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
The Diocese of Mikkeli is one of nine dioceses in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1897 in the town of Savonlinna. Later, in 1924 the episcopal see was moved to Viipuri, but after Finland had lost the city to the Soviet Union the see was moved to Mikkeli in 1945. There it has been ever since.
Bishops of Mikkeli
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