Diocese of Oulu

Diocese of Oulu Oulun hiippakunta
Tower of the cathedral of Oulu
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	61
Members	503,000
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established	1851
Cathedral	Oulu Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Jukka Keskitalo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma
Website
www.oulunhiippakunta.fi

The Diocese of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun hiippakunta, Swedish: Uleåborgs stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was first founded in the town of Kuopio in 1851, but the episcopal see was moved to Oulu in 1900.

Bishops

Bishops of Kuopio

• 1851–1884: Robert Frosterus
• 1885–1897: Gustaf Johansson
• 1897–1899: Otto Immanuel Colliander

Bishops of Oulu

• 1900–1936: Juho Koskimies
• 1936–1943: Juho Mannermaa
• 1943c: Yrjö Wallinmaa
• 1943–1954: Väinö Malmivaara
• 1954–1963: Olavi Heliövaara
• 1963–1965: Leonard Pietari Tapaninen
• 1965–1979: Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen
• 1979–2000: Olavi Rimpiläinen
• 2001–2018: Samuel Salmi
• 2018–present: Jukka Keskitalo

See also

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

External links

• Media related to Diocese of Oulu at Wikimedia Commons
• Diocese of Oulu (in Finnish)