Jacob Johannis
Jacob Johannis was a Swedish people, Swedish prelate who was Diocese of Skara, Bishop of Skara from 1569 till 1595. In 1593 he was formally deposed from his role as bishop of Skara however he retained the title till 1595. Brodd, Sven-Erik (1990). ''Superintendenturen som ersättning för och komplement till biskopsämbetet i svenska kyrkan 1539-1631'', pp. 212-213. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo. References

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Diocese Of Skara
The Diocese of Skara ( sv, Skara stift) is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden, originally a Latin bishopric of the Roman Catholic church, and since Protestant reformation a Lutheran diocese of the Church of Sweden (the former state church of Sweden), with its seat at Skara in Västergötland (Skara Cathedral). In 2014, it celebrated its 1000-year anniversary as a full diocese. Catholic diocese It was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen (990-1104), to the Archdiocese of Lund (1104–64), and finally to the Archdiocese of Uppsala (1164-1530). This diocese, the most ancient in Sweden, included the provinces of Västergötland and Värmland. Early history It was founded about 990 at Skara, the capital of the country of the Geats ( Gauthiod), the whole of which it embraced until about 1100, when the eastern portion of the Diocese of Skara was formed into that of Linköping. At the beginning there was no strict division of the country into dioceses, and the missio ...
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