The Diocese of Mikkeli (, ) is one of nine

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s in the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positio ...

. It was founded in 1897 in the town of

Savonlinna Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikkel ...

. Later, in 1924 the

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was moved to Viipuri, but after

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lost the city to the

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, the see was moved to

Mikkeli Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 i ...

in 1945. It has since been located there.

Bishops of Mikkeli

*Bishops of Savonlinna 1897–1924 ** Gustaf Johansson 1897–1899 **

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1899–1924 *Bishops of Viipuri 1924–1945 **

Erkki Kaila Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament ...

1925–1935 ** Yrjö Loimaranta 1935–1942 ** Ilmari Salomies 1943–1945 *Bishops of Mikkeli 1945– ** Ilmari Salomies 1945–1951 ** Martti Simojoki 1951–1959 ** Osmo Alaja 1959–1978 ** Kalevi Toiviainen 1978–1993 ** Voitto Huotari 1993–2009 **

Seppo Häkkinen Seppo Auvo Antero Häkkinen (born 2 June 1958) is a Finnish prelate who has been bishop of the Diocese of Mikkeli since 2009. Biography Seppo Häkkinen was born on 2 June 1958 in Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located ...

2009–

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Lutheran districts established in the 19th century

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Bishops of Mikkeli

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