Diocese of Kuopio

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Diocese of Kuopio Kuopion hiippakunta


Coat of arms
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	54
Members	377000
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Cathedral	Kuopio Cathedral
Current leadership
bishop	Jari Jolkkonen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma

The Diocese of Kuopio (Finnish: Kuopion hiippakunta, Swedish: Kuopio stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1939.

Bishops of Kuopio

Eino Sormunen, 1939–1962
Olavi Kares, 1962–1974
Paavo Kortekangas, 1974–1981
Jukka Malmivaara, 1981–1984
Matti Sihvonen, 1984–1996
Wille Riekkinen, 1996–2012
Jari Jolkkonen, 2012–present

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Archbishop of Turku (List)
Dioceses	Archdiocese of Turku Borgå Espoo Kuopio Lapua Mikkeli Oulu Tampere Historical Savonlinna Vyborg
Cathedrals	Turku Espoo Helsinki Kuopio Lapua Mikkeli Oulu Porvoo Tampere No longer the seat of a bishop but still officially called cathedrals: Savonlinna
Monasteries	Monastic Community of Enonkoski
See also	Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Suomen Poikien ja Tyttöjen Keskus Awakening

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Bishops of Kuopio

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