Fredrik Modéus (born 19 October 1964 in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 o ...

) is a Swedish theologian and bishop, currently the 59th Bishop of Växjö.

Priest

Modéus was ordained in 1991 for the Diocese of Växjö. After he served as vicar in

Värnamo Värnamo (), historically known as Wernamo, is a town in Jönköping County in the south of Sweden. It is situated on the river Lagan (Sweden), Lagan just north of the lake Vidöstern. It is the seat of Värnamo Municipality and has 19,822 inhab ...

between 1991 and 1992. In 1992–1994, he served as a school chaplain in

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and between 1995 and 1996 as a school chaplain at Oskarshamns folkhøjskole. In 1996, Modéus moved to Lund and took office as a student clergyman, after which he served as supervisory director between 1997 and 1999 in the Helgealand Assembly. In 2000, he became a minister at the church of Helgeand in

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

. Between 2009 and 2014, he studied for a PhD at

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graduating in systematic theology on 13 May 2015 with his dissertation titled ''The Worship Community in the People's Church'' ''(Gudstjänstgemenskap i folkkyrkan)''.

Bishop

In the spring of 2014, he was a candidate for the Bishopric of Lund, where he ended up in second place after Johan Tyrberg. In the autumn of the same year he once again took part in another election, this time for the bishopric of Växjö, where he ended up in the final round together with Thomas Petersson. On 3 December, he was elected with 58% of the votes. On 12 April 2015, he was consecrated bishop in the Uppsala cathedral."Biskop"
, ''

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'', Lund. Retrieved on 08 August 2017.

Personal life

Fredrik Modéus is the son of Adjuncts Nils Modéus and Ingrid Modéus, as well as brother of Archbishop of Sweden

Martin Modéus Nils Martin Modéus (born 1 March 1962) is a Swedish theologian and bishop who is Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden. Prior to this, he was bishop of the Diocese of Linköping from 2011 until 2022, when he was installed as ...

and lawyer Daniel Modéus. Fredrik Modéus is married to the doctor Carina Modéus. Together they have three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Modeus, Fredrik 1964 births Living people Swedish Lutheran bishops 21st-century Swedish Lutheran bishops 20th-century Swedish Lutheran priests Swedish theologians People from Jönköping School chaplains