Johan Baazius the younger (July 17, 1626 – May 12, 1681) was a Swedish clergyman who served as

Archbishop of Uppsala The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate (bishop), primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward un ...

in the

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Biography

Johan Baazius was born in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

. He was the son of Johan Baazius the elder (1581–1649), theologian and bishop of 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 inclu ...

. He was known as knowledgeable already at a young age. After further studies in

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(Królewiec University) and other universities, mainly in

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, he was appointed teacher for Nils Brahe, nephew of

Per Brahe the Younger Count Per Brahe the Younger (18 February 1602 – 12 September 1680) was a Swedish soldier, statesman, and author. He served as Privy Councillor from 1630, Lord High Steward from 1640, as well as Governor-General of Finland in 1637–1640 and 16 ...

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. In 1653 he was also made court chaplain by Queen Christina. After this he held various offices, including as bishop of the

from 1667, bishop of

Diocese of Skara The Diocese of Skara ( sv, Skara stift) is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden, originally a Latin bishopric of the Roman Catholic church, and since Protestant reformation a Lutheran diocese of the Church of Sweden (the former state church of ...

1673, and finally Archbishop of Uppsala in 1677. Baazius died suddenly in his sleep after returning from a visit to

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. He was succeeded as Archbishop of Uppsala by

Olov Svebilius Olaus (Olov) Svebilius (1 January 1624 – 29 June 1700) was a Swedish priest and professor. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Linköping and Archbishop of Uppsala. His most notable work was ''Martin Luthers Lilla katekes med Katekesförklaring'', ...

References

Other sources

Nordisk familjebok (1904), article Baazius
1626 births 1681 deaths People from Jönköping Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala Bishops of Skara Bishops of Växjö 17th-century Lutheran archbishops 17th-century Swedish people {{Bishop-stub