Diocese of Tampere

{{Short description|Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland}}

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| country = Finland

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| province = Turku & Finland

| metropolitan = Archbishop of Turku & Finland

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| parishes = 49

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| members =595,000

| denomination = Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

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| established = 1554

| cathedral = Tampere Cathedral

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| bishop = Matti Repo

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| metro_archbishop = Tapio Luoma

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The Diocese of Tampere ({{Langx|fi|Tampereen hiippakunta}}, {{Langx|sv|Tammerfors stift}}) is the second-oldest{{cite web|url=https://tampereenpaiva.tampere.fi/en/event/?event-id=64f714997bbfad4e778fe6ed| title=The open doors of the bishop's house|author=|date=|website=Tampere |publisher=|access-date=2024-01-31|quote=}} and largest diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was originally founded in 1554 as the Diocese of Viipuri (Viborg), but moved to Porvoo in 1723, becoming the Diocese of Porvoo (Borgå). In 1923, the diocese was relocated to Tampere. Its seat is Tampere Cathedral. The diocese comprises 69 parishes, serving a total population of over 595,000 people. It is led by the Bishop of Tampere.

History

The history of the diocese goes back over 450 years. It was founded in 1554, when King Gustav Vasa divided the Diocese of Turku, which had covered the entire Finland, into two parts. The new diocese was initially established in Viipuri (Vyborg), with Paulus Juusten serving as its first bishop. After the Russian occupation of Viipuri in 1723, the bishop's seat was moved to Porvoo (Borgå). However, with the establishment of a new Swedish-language Diocese of Borgå in 1923, Finland's second oldest diocese was relocated to Tampere, where it became known as the Diocese of Tampere.[https://tapahtumat.tampere.fi/en-FI/page/64f5c3dc9a759c03205e84a8?count=24&sort=creationDate&reverse=true Tapahtumat.tampere.fi - Diocese of Tampere]

Tampere Cathedral

The seat of the diocese is Tampere Cathedral. The cathedral is open daily, though with limited hours. In the upper part of the cathedral is The Wounded Angel, a painting by Hugo Simberg.[https://web.archive.org/web/20051230140143/http://www.ateneum.fi/default.asp?docId=14139 Ateneum.fi: Hugo Simberg - Haavoittunut Enkeli]

Bishop of Tampere

The Bishop of Tampere is the leader of the Diocese of Tampere. As of 2024, the bishop is the Right Reverend Matti Repo.

= Bishops of Viipuri =

List of bishops of Viipuri from 1554 to 1711:

Paulus Juusten 1554–1563
Canutus Johannis 1563–1564
Eerik Härkäpää 1568–1578
Olaus Elimaeus 1618–1629
Nicolaus Magni Carelius 1630–1632
Gabriel Melartopaeus 1633–1641
Petrus Bjugg 1642–1656
Nicolaus Nycopensis 1658–1664
Petrus Brommius 1664–1672
Abraham Thauvonius 1672–1679
Henrik Carstenius 1679–1683
Petrus Bång 1681–1696
Petrus Laurbecchius 1696–1705
David Lund 1705–1711

Russian invasion of Finland

= Bishops of Porvoo =

List of bishops of Porvoo from 1721 to 1923:

Johannes Gezelius the youngest 1721–1733
Daniel Juslenius 1734–1743
Johan Nylander 1745–1761
Gabriel Fortunius 1762–1789
Paul Krogius 1789–1792
Zacharias Cygnaeus 1792–1809
Magnus Jacob Alopaeus 1809–1818
Zacharias Cygnaeus the younger 1819–1820
Johan Molander 1821–1837
Carl Gustaf Ottelin 1838–1864
Frans Ludvig Schauman 1865–1878
Anders Johan Hornborg 1878–1883
Johan Viktor Johnsson 1884
Carl Henrik Alopaeus 1885–1892
Herman Råbergh 1892–1920
Jaakko Gummerus 1920–1923

= Bishops of Tampere =

List of bishops of Tampere from 1923 to the present:

Jaakko Gummerus 1923–1933
Aleksi Lehtonen 1934–1945{{cite web|url=https://histdoc.net/history/Lehtonen-Halifax,%20April%201940.html |title=Exchange of Letters Between Aleksi Lehtonen, Bishop of Tampere, Finland, and Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, April, 1940 |last=Lehtonen |first=Aleksi |date=April 30, 1940 |website=British National Archives website, Historical Documents section |publisher=|access-date=2024-01-31 |quote=}}
Eelis Gulin 1945–1966
Erkki Kansanaho 1966–1981
Paavo Kortekangas 1981–1996
Juha Pihkala 1996–2008{{cite web|url=https://www.stmarysdavyhulme.org/community/tampere-partnership/ |title=Tampere Partnership|last=Mackereth |first=Yvonne |date=July 31, 2011 |website=St Marys Davyhulme |publisher=|access-date=2024-01-31|quote=}}
Matti Repo 2008–{{cite web|url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/11540/the-25th-anniversary-of-the