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Diocese of Oulu

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Turku & Finland

Established
  
1851

Country
  
Finland

Bishop
  
Samuel Salmi

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Kari Mäkinen

Parishes
  
61

Phone
  
+358 8 5358510

Number of members
  
550,000

Cathedral
  
Oulu Cathedral

Diocese of Oulu

Denomination
  
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Address
  
Ojakatu 1, 90100 Oulu, Finland

Similar
  
Oulun Ev‑Lut Seurakun, Taka‑Lyötty Oy, The Church Of Karjasilta, Oulun tuomiokir kirkkoherr, Kempeleen Seurakunta

The Diocese of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun hiippakunta) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was first founded in the town of Kuopio in 1851, but the episcopal see was moved to Oulu in 1900.

Bishops of Oulu

  • Bishops of Kuopio
  • Robert Frosterus 1851–1884
  • Gustaf Johansson 1885–1897
  • Otto Immanuel Colliander 1897–1899
  • Bishops of Oulu
  • Juho Koskimies 1900–1936
  • Juho Mannermaa 1936–1943
  • Yrjö Wallinmaa 1943
  • Väinö Malmivaara 1943–1954
  • Olavi Heliövaara 1954–1963
  • Leonard Pietari Tapaninen 1963–1965
  • Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen 1965–1979
  • Olavi Rimpiläinen 1979–2000
  • Samuel Salmi 2001–
  • References

    Diocese of Oulu Wikipedia