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

(Diocesean Arms)

(Bishop's Arms of Office)

Official blazon

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

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Arms of Bishops of Viborg

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Bishop Paul Juusten (1554-1563)
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Bishop Canutus Johannis (1563-1564)
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Bishop Eerik Härkäpää (1568-1578)
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Bishop Olaus Elimaeus (1618-1629)
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Bishop Nicolaus Magni Carelius (1630-1632)
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Bishop Gabriel Melartopaeus (1633-1641)
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Bishop Petrus Bjugg (1642-1656)
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Bishop Nicolaus Nycopensis (1658-1664)
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Bishop Petrus Brommius (1664-1672)
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Bishop Abraham Thauvonius (1672-1679)
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Bishop Henrik Carstenius (1679-1683)
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Bishop Petrus Bång (1681-1696)
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Bishop Petrus Laurbecchius (1696-1705)
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Bishop David Lund (1705-1711)
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Bishop Johannes Gezelius the youngest (1721-1723)

Arms of Bishops of Borgå

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Bishop Johannes Gezelius the youngest (1723-1733)
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Bishop Daniel Juslenius (1734-1743)
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Bishop Johan Nylander (1745-1761)
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Bishop Gabriel Fortunius (1762-1789)
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Bishop Paul Krogius (1789-1792)
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Bishop Zacharias Cygnaeus the elder (1792-1809)
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Bishop Magnus Jakob Alopaeus (1809-1818)
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Bishop Zacharias Cygnaeus the younger (1819-1820)
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Bishop Johan Molander (1821-1837)
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Bishop Carl Gustaf Ottelin (1838-1864)
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Bishop Frans Ludvig Schauman (1865-1878)
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Bishop Anders Johan Hornborg (1878-1883)
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Bishop Johan Viktor Johnsson (1884)
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Bishop Carl Henrik Alopaeus (1885-1892)
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Bishop Herman Råbergh (1892-1920)
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Bishop Jakko Gummerus(1920-1923)

Arms of Bishops of Tampere

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Bishop Jakko Gummerus (1923-1933)
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Bishop Aleksi Lehtonen (1934-1945)
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Bishop Eelis Gulin (1945-1966)
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Bishop Erkki Kansanaho (1966-1981)
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Bishop Paavo Kortekangas (1981-1996)
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Bishop Juha Pihkala (1997-2008)
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Bishop Matti Repo (2008-present)

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