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List of (arch)bishops of Lund. Until the
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the centre of a great Latin (arch)bishopric, Lund has been in Sweden since the
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in 1658. The
Diocese of Lund The Diocese of Lund ( sv, Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Chu ...
is now one of thirteen in the
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Catholic Episcopate

''(all Roman Rite; some dates disputed according to the source) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Lund'' *
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(1060–1065? or 1048? – death 1060.08.21) * Egino (1065? – death 1072.10.19); ?former bishop of Dalby * Ricwald (1072?1075 – death 1089.05.26) * Ascer (1089–1103 ''see below'') ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Lund'' * Ascer (''see above'' 1103 – death 1137.05.05) * Eskil (1138?1137–1177?1179) * Absalon Hvide (1177?1179 – death 1201.03.21) *
Andreas Sunesen Anders Sunesen (also ''Andreas'', ''Suneson'', ''Sunesøn'', Latin: ''Andreas Sunonis'') (c. 1167 – 1228) was a Danish archbishop of Lund, Scania, from 21 March 1201, at the death of Absalon, to his own death in 1228. He is the author of ...
(1201–1222?1223) * Peder Saxesen (1224.01.11 – death 1228.07.11) * Uffe Thrugotsen (1228?1230 – death 1252.12.15) * Jakob Erlandsen (1253.08.13 – death 1274.02.18) * Trugot Torstensen (1276?1277.01.13 – death 1280.05.02) *
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(1280?1282.04.13 – death 1288.04.28?1299) * Jens Grand (1289?1290.03.18 – 1302.03.30), later * titular Prince-Archbishop of Riga (Latvia, 1304?1302.03.30 – 1310.02.11)), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen (1310.02.11 – death 1327.05.30) * Isarnus Tacconi = Isarnus Takkon (1302.04.11 – 1310.06.12), from
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, previously Prince-Archbishop of Riga (Latvia, 1300.12.19 – 1302.04.11?1303), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1310.06.12 – death 1310.09) * Esger Juul (1310.06.15 – death 1325.01.17) * Karl Eriksen (1325.10.09 – death 1334.05.16) * Peder Jensen I (1334?1336.02.27 – death 1355.04.16) * Jacob Kyrning (Thott) (1355.10.05 – death 1361.01.23- * Niels Jensen (Bild) (1361.10.25 – death 1379.02.05) * Magnus Nielsen (1379.05 – death 1390.03.02) * Peder Jensen II (1390.10.07 – death 1391.12.31) * Jakob Gertsen (Ulfstand) (1392.07.13 – death 1410.04.18) * Peder (Mickelsen) Kruse (1410.07.28 – death 1418.04.04) * Peder Lykke (Bille) (1418.10.07 – death 1436) * Hans Laxmand (1436.05.21 – death 1443.05.30) * Tuve Nielsen (Juul) (1443.06.07 – death 1472.04.07) * Jens Brostrup (1472?1474.04.18 – death 1497.06.02) *
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(1497?1498.05.09 – death 1519.11.23) * Aage Jepsen Sparre (1519.12 – 1532.06) * Jørgen Skodborg (1520.01.05 – 1521?1523) * ''
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of S. Nicola fra le Immagini ''pro illa vice'' Deaconry (1517.07.06 – 1534.09.05), later held various other apostolic administrator assignments, finally transferred Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1534.09.05 – death 1537.08.05) * Didrik Slagheck (1521–1522) * Johan Weze (1522–1532) * Torben Bille (1532.07.27 – death 1553.01)


Lutheran Superintendents and Bishops

* 1537–1551 – Frans Vormordsen * 1551–1560 – Niels Palladius * 1560–1577 – Tyge Asmundsen * 1578–1589 – Niels Hvid * 1589–1611 – Mogens Mads * 1611–1619 – Poul Aastrup * 1620–1637 – Mads Jensen Medelfar * 1638–1658 – Peder Winstrup ''see below'' * 1676–1679 – Peder Winstrup ''see below'' ''Denmark recaptured Scania 1676–1679, Peder Winstrup continued as Bishop during these years.'' ;In Sweden * 1658–1676 – Peder Winstrup ''see above'' * 1679–1687 – Canutus Hahn * 1688–1694 – Christian Papke * 1694–1714 – Mathias Steuchius * 1715–1734 – Jonas Linnérius * 1734–1738 – Andreas Rydelius * 1738–1740 – Carl Papke * 1740–1747 – Henrik Benzelius * 1748–1777 – Johan Engeström * 1777–1794 – Olof Celsius d.y. * 1794–1803 – Petrus Munck (af Rosenschiöld) * 1805–1811 – Niels Hesslén * 1811–1854 – Wilhelm Faxe * 1854–1856 – Henrik Reuterdahl * 1856–1865 –
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* 1865–1897 – Wilhelm Flensburg * 1898–1925 – Gottfrid Billing * 1925–1948 – Edvard Rodhe * 1949–1958 –
Anders Nygren Anders Theodor Samuel Nygren (15 November 1890, Gothenburg – 20 October 1978, Lund) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian. He was professor of systematic theology at Lund University from 1924 and was elected Bishop of Lund List of (arch)bishop ...
* 1958–1960 – Nils Bolander * 1960–1970 – Berndt (Martin) Lindström * 1970–1980 – Olle Nivenius * 1980–1992 – Per-Olov Ahrén * 1992–1997 – Karl Gustav Hammar * 1997–2007 – Christina Odenberg * 2007–2014 –
Antje Jackelén Antje Jackelén (; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita (''prima inter pares'') of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through ...
* 2014–present – Johan Tyrberg


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