• Source: Diocese of Oulu

      • The Diocese of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun hiippakunta, Swedish: Uleåborgs stift) 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


      Bishops of Kuopio

      1851–1884: Robert Frosterus
      1885–1897: Gustaf Johansson
      1897–1899: Otto Immanuel Colliander
      Bishops of Oulu

      1900–1936: Juho Koskimies
      1936–1943: Juho Mannermaa
      1943c: Yrjö Wallinmaa
      1943–1954: Väinö Malmivaara
      1954–1963: Olavi Heliövaara
      1963–1965: Leonard Pietari Tapaninen
      1965–1979: Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen
      1979–2000: Olavi Rimpiläinen
      2001–2018: Samuel Salmi
      2018–present: Jukka Keskitalo


      See also


      Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland


      External links


      Media related to Diocese of Oulu at Wikimedia Commons
      Diocese of Oulu (in Finnish)

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