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Name
  
Petrus Kenicius

In office
  
1609-1636


Appointed
  
1609

Archdiocese
  
Predecessor
  
Petrus Kenicius

Consecration
  
26 October 1595by Abraham Angermannus

Rank
  
Metropolitan Archbishop

Died
  
February 3, 1636, Uppsala, Sweden

Place of burial
  
Strangnas Cathedral, Strangnas, Sweden

Parents
  
Konig Olofsson, Anna Olofsdotter

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Petrus Kenicius (1555 – February 3, 1636) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1609 to his death.

He got his education from the Universities of Wittenberg and Rostock.

In 1589 he was put in prison by King John III of Sweden, together with, among others, Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis who would become archbishop in 1599-1600. The reason were disagreements with the King's non-Lutheran liturgy.

After being released, he was at the Uppsala Synod in 1593 as one of the twelve assessors. And in 1595 he was ordained Bishop of Skara.

He was considered a fine and hardworking person who dedicated much time and care to the University in Uppsala and the Church. In his old age, he was weakened by age and sickness and the archdiocese was said to have been neglected.

References

Petrus Kenicius Wikipedia


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