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Diocese of Mikkeli Mikkelin hiippakunta
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	36
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established	1897
Cathedral	Mikkeli Cathedral
Co-cathedral	Savonlinna Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Mari Parkkinen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma
Website
www.mikkelinhiippakunta.fi

The Diocese of Mikkeli ( Finnish: Mikkelin hiippakunta, Swedish: Sankt Michels stift) is one of nine dioceses in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It was founded in 1897 in the town of Savonlinna. Later, in 1924 the episcopal see was moved to Viipuri, but after Finland lost the city to the Soviet Union, the see was moved to Mikkeli in 1945. It has since been located there. ^[1]

Bishops of Mikkeli

• Bishops of Savonlinna 1897–1924
  • Gustaf Johansson 1897–1899
  • Otto Immanuel Colliander 1899–1924
• Bishops of Viipuri 1924–1945
  • Erkki Kaila 1925–1935
  • Yrjö Loimaranta 1935–1942
  • Ilmari Salomies 1943–1945
• Bishops of Mikkeli 1945–
  • Ilmari Salomies 1945–1951
  • Martti Simojoki 1951–1959
  • Osmo Alaja 1959–1978
  • Kalevi Toiviainen 1978–1993
  • Voitto Huotari 1993–2009
  • Seppo Häkkinen 2009–2023
  • Mari Parkkinen 2023–

See also

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

References

External links

• Media related to Diocese of Mikkeli at Wikimedia Commons
• Diocese of Mikkeli

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