The Diocese of Luleå () is a Swedish

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, prov ...

of the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...

with its

Episcopal see An episcopal see is 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, making it synonymous with ''diocese'' ...

in the city of

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

List of Bishops

* Olof Bergqvist, 1904–1937 * Bengt Jonzon, 1937–1956 * Ivar Hylander, 1956–1966 * Stig Hellsten, 1966–1980 * Olaus Brännström, 1980–1986 * Gunnar Weman, 1986–1993 * Rune Backlund, 1993–2002 * Hans Stiglund, 2002–2018 * Åsa Nyström, 2018–present

References

Lulea Luleå 1904 establishments in Sweden Christian organizations established in 1904 20th-century establishments in Norrbotten County {{Lutheran-stub