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

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

Olavi Heliövaara 1954–1963

Leonard Pietari Tapaninen 1963–1965

Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen 1965–1979

Olavi Rimpiläinen 1979–2000

Samuel Salmi 2001–

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