Johan Wingård (1738–1818) was a

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Lutheran bishop of the

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of the Church of Sweden, as well as first holder of chair no. 6 of the

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. He also served as member of the Riksdag of the Estates.

Biography

Johan Wingård was born in 1738 in

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, to Didrik Hansson Wingård and Inger Helena (née Quilldahl). His family included several clergy; his 4th great-grandfather was the Norwegian-

Protestant reformer Gude Axelsen Giedde, and his nephew was the poet Johan Börjesson. He married Fredrika (née af Darelli), daughter of . Their issue included , Johanna Helena (married Wrangel af Sauss) and Carl Fredrik af Wingård, the latter the future

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of the Church of Sweden. Wingård studied at

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and Uppsala University, from where he received a

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in 1779. He was ordained priest in Saint James's Church in

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in 1766, appointed vicar in 1775, and bishop of the

in 1780. He served at the royal court of Queen

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, whose funeral he also held in the Riddarholm Church. Bishop Johan Wingård attended as member of the Estate of the Clergy at the Riksdag of the Estates in 1778, 1786, 1789, 1792 and 1800. He was the first holder of chair No. 6 of the

, a member of the

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, and a fellow of the

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Distinctions

* :

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of the Order of the Polar Star (1789; Knight 1784) * : Knight of the Order of Charles XIII * : Chair no. 6 of the

References

* ''Berättelser ur Göteborgs Historia under Gustavianska tiden'', Hugo Fröding, Wald. Zachrissons Boktryckeri, Göteborg 1922 s.136-141
Nordisk Familjebok
*''Porträtt av biskopar i sin tid'', professor Anders Jarlert, Göteborgs stiftshistoriska sällskap, Tre Böcker Förlag, Göteborg 1997 s. 48-49 * Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad, ''Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män: Wa - Win'', olym 20 P. M. Lindhs förlag, Uppsala, 1852 *''Matrikel öfwer dem af Swea-Rikes ridderskap och adel, som från år 1794 till närwarande tid blifwit introducerade, samt adopterade, och i riddare-klassen flyttade'', Carl Fredrik Rothlieb & Johan Adam Rehbinder, Stockholm, 1807 s. 110f {{DEFAULTSORT:Wingård, Johan 1738 births 1818 deaths Bishops of Gothenburg Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Riksdag of the Estates Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star Knights of the Order of Charles XIII Members of the Swedish Academy People from Bohuslän Swedish Freemasons 18th-century Swedish Lutheran priests 19th-century Swedish Lutheran bishops