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bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of

Strängnäs Strängnäs is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of t ...

, part 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 ...

that has its seat in

Strängnäs Cathedral Strängnäs Cathedral ( sv, Strängnäs domkyrka) is a Lutheran cathedral church in Strängnäs, Sweden, since the Protestant Reformation the seat of the Church of Sweden Diocese of Strängnäs. Architecture Construction of the cathedral bega ...

, south of

Lake Mälaren A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Bishops before the Reformation

* Gerdar 1129–1159 * Vilhelmus 1171–1190 * Uffe 1208–1210 * Olov Basatömer 1219–1224 * Throgillius 1233–1241 * Col 1253–1257 * Finvid 1267–1275 * Anund Jonsson 1275–1291 * Isarus 1292–1307 * Styrbjörn 1308–1343 * Frenderus 1343–1345 * Sigmundus 1345–1355 * Thyrgillus Johannis 1355–1378 * Tord Gunnarsson 1378–1401 * Petrus Johannis 1401–1408 * Gjord Petersson Rumpa 1409–1410 * Andreas Johannis 1410–1419 * Arnoldus Johannis 1420–1443 * Thomas Simonsson 1429–1443 * Ericus Birgeri 1443–1449 * Siggo Ulphonis 1449–1463 * Johannes Magni 1463–1479 *

Kort Rogge Kort Rogge ( 1425 — 5 April 1501), also known as Rogge Kyle, Konrad Rogge, Cort Rogge, Conradus Roggo gothus and Conradus Roggo de Holmis, was a Swedish bishop, member of the Privy Council of Sweden, and humanist. Background and studies The firs ...

1479–1501 * Mattias Gregersson (Lillie) 1501–1520 *

Jens Andersen Beldenak Jens Andersen Beldenak, called the Bald, was a Danish bishop. He was born in the village of Brøndum, the Limfjord, and died 20 January 1537. Historians generally considered him a controversial figure due to his being a contrarian in addition to a ...

1520–1521 * Magnus Sommar 1522–1536

Lutheran bishops after the Reformation

* Botvid Sunesson 1536–1555 * Ericus Nicolai Swart 1557–1561 * Botvid Sunesson 1561–1562 * Nicolaus Olaui 1563–1585 * Petrus Jonae 1586–1607 *

Petrus Kenicius Petrus Kenicius (1555 – 3 February 1636) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1609 to his death. He got his education from the Universities of Wittenberg and Rostock. In 1589 he was put in prison by King John III of Swe ...

1608–1609 *

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (10 November 1565 – 29 November 1646) was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala. Biography Gothus was born Lars Paulsson at Söderköping in Östergötland County, Sweden. In 1588, Gothus travel ...

1609–1637 * Laurentius Olai Wallius 1637–1638 * Jacobus Johannis Zebrozynthius 1639–1642 * Johannes Matthiae 1643–1664 * Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius 1664–1674 * Carolus Lithman 1674–1686 *

Erik Benzelius the Elder Erik Benzelius (the Elder) (16 December 1632 – 17 February 1709) was a Swedish theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala. Benzelius was born at the Bentseby farm in the parish of Luleå in northern Sweden, son of the farmer and lay assessor (''nä ...

1687–1700 * Johannes Bilberg 1701–1717 * Daniel Norlindh 1717–1728 * Daniel Lundius 1731–1747 * Erik Alstrin 1749–1762 * Jacob Serenius 1763–1776 * Carl Jesper Benzelius 1776–1793 * Stefan Insulin 1793–1803 * Johan Adam Tingstadius 1803–1827 * Per Thyselius 1829–1838 * Hans Olov Holmström 1839–1852 * Thure Annerstedt 1852–1880 * Adam Teodor Strömberg 1881–1889 * Uddo Lechard Ullman 1889–1927 * Sam Stadener 1927–1933 *

Gustaf Aulén Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén (15 May 1879 – 16 December 1977) was the Bishop of Diocese of Strängnäs, Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran theologian, and the author of ''Christus Victor'', a work which still exerts consider ...

1933–1952 * Dick Helander 1952–1954 * Gösta Lundström 1955–1972 * Åke Kastlund 1972–1982 * Tord Simonsson 1982–1989 * Jonas Jonson 1989–2005 * Hans-Erik Nordin 2005–2015 * Johan Dalman 2015–today

References

* .n.(2001) ''Strängnäs stift genom sekler - en stiftshistorisk översikt''. Eskilstuna: Strängnäs stiftshistoriska sällskap. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Strangnas, List of bishops of Lists of bishops and archbishops in Europe Bishops of Strang