The Diocese of

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

( sv, Kalmar stift) was a division of the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

between 1603 and 1915, when it was merged into the

diocese of Växjö The Diocese of Växjö ( sv, Växjö stift) is one of the 13 dioceses or regional units of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. It was also a former Roman Catholic bishopric. Lutheran diocese Diocese of Växjö is situated in southern Sweden and incl ...

in order to allow the new

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 ...

to be formed. It was created as a subdivision to the

diocese of Linköping The Diocese of Linköping ( sv, Linköpings stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deanerie ...

, and was under the supervision of a

superintendent Superintendent may refer to: *Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank *Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator *Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...

. Only in 1678 was a bishop appointed, and Kalmar cathedral became an

episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

in the term proper. Till this day, the cathedral of Kalmar retain its rank despite no longer being the seat of a bishopric.

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Kalmar County 1603 establishments in Sweden 1915 disestablishments in Sweden Religious organizations established in 1603 Religious organizations disestablished in 1915 {{Lutheran-stub