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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

See also

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

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