Diocese of Tampere (Tammerfors)

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DIOCESE OF TAMPERE (TAMMERFORS)

Denomination : Lutheran

Established: 1554 as Diocese of Viborg, moved to Borgå in 1723 and to Tampere in 1923

Official blazon

fi: Punaisessa kentässä hopeinen lentävä kyyhkynen, joka pitää nokassaan kultaista kolmilehtistä öljypuun oksaa.

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Koskenvesa, Esko: Suomen evankelis-luterilaisen kirkon hiippakuntavaakunat - kirkollisen heraldiikan työvoitto (Suomen kirkkohistorian Seuran vuosikirja nro 78, 1988)