Church Roman Catholic Consecration by Pope Clement VI Successor Birger Gregersson Appointed 1351 | Predecessor Heming Nilsson Died October 18, 1366 In office 1351-1366 Name Petrus Torkilsson | |
Rank Metropolitan Archbishop | ||
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Uppsala Previous post Bishop of Linkoping | ||
Petrus Torkilsson (lat. Petrus Tyrgilli) was Bishop of Linköping, 1342-1351 and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1351–1366.
It is unknown when he was born, but the first mentioning of him is from 1320, when he was vicar in Färentuna. He was chancellor of the King Magnus Eriksson in 1340 and continued to support him during the civil wars in the 1360s.
References
Petrus Torkilsson Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA