Gunnar Weman (born 25 February 1932) was

Archbishop of Uppsala The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate (bishop), primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward un ...

from 1993 to 1997. Weman is the son of Henry Weman who was the cathedral organist in

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. He was ordained in 1958 and was stationed as a priest in

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and later in

in 1959, before he became a student and study secretary of the Swedish Church Mission Board in

. Between 1964 and 1984 he was again stationed in

, first as curate and then rector in 1969. From 1985 to 1986 he was director and head of the Swedish Church Board for worship and evangelism. He then became bishop of the

Diocese of Luleå The diocese of Luleå ( sv, Luleå stift) is a Swedish diocese of the Church of Sweden. List of Bishops *Olof Bergqvist : 1904~1937 *Bengt Jonzon : 1937~1956 *Ivar Hylander : 1956~1966 * Stig Hellsten : 1966~1980 *Olaus Brännström : 1980~198 ...

and in 1993

and

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. He retired in 1997. He has been Secretary of the National Association of Youth and Church of Sweden Christian student movement and member of the Swedish church's mission board and its executive committee. Through various assignments, he has been active for the Swedish church's worship renewal and included the secretary of the Swedish Church's liturgical committee. In 2006 he became doctor of theology with a thesis entitled Contemporary worship and medieval churches. He was involved in Ecumenical efforts with other Christians, but his efforts to encourage goodwill to the Muslim community in Sweden met with some internal difficulties.

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