The Diocese of Oulu ( fi, Oulun hiippakunta) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

within the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positio ...

. The diocese was first founded in the town of

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

in 1851, but the

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 ...

was moved to

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

in 1900.

Bishops

Bishops of Kuopio * 1851–1884:

Robert Frosterus The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

* 1885–1897: Gustaf Johansson * 1897–1899:

Otto Immanuel Colliander Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded ...

Bishops of Oulu * 1900–1936: Juho Koskimies * 1936–1943: Juho Mannermaa * 1943c: Yrjö Wallinmaa * 1943–1954:

Väinö Malmivaara Väinö Rafael Malmivaara (7 November 1879 – 13 November 1958) was the Lutheran Bishop of Oulu from 1943 to 1954. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1927 to 1933, representing the National Coalition Party. He was born in Kiuruvesi ...

* 1954–1963: Olavi Heliövaara * 1963–1965: Leonard Pietari Tapaninen * 1965–1979: Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen * 1979–2000: Olavi Rimpiläinen * 2001–2018:

Samuel Salmi Samuel Salmi (born 19 March 1951) is a Finnish prelate who was bishop of the Diocese of Oulu from 2001 to 2018. Biography Born in Muonio, Salmi graduated from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki in 1974. He was ordained to the p ...

* 2018–present:

Jukka Keskitalo Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males. History Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registered ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diocese Of Oulu Lutheran districts established in the 19th century

Oulu

Bishops

See also

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