Diocese of Gothenburg

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57°42′16″N 11°57′55″E / 57.70444°N 11.96528°E / 57.70444; 11.96528StatisticsParishes124^[1]Congregations196^[1]InformationDenominationChurch of SwedenEstablished1620^[2]CathedralGothenburg CathedralCurrent leadershipBishopSusanne RappmannMetropolitan ArchbishopAntje JackelénMap

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The Diocese of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs stift) is a diocese of the Church of Sweden. Since March 2018, the bishop has been Susanne Rappmann. The diocese includes the provinces of Bohuslän, Halland, and south-west parts of Västergötland. The episcopal see of the diocese is in Gothenburg Cathedral.

List of superintendents of Gothenburg

Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (1620-1628)
Andreas Johannis Prytz (1629–1647)
Ericus Brunnius (1647–1664)

List of bishops of Gothenburg

Zacharias Klingius (1665–1671)
Laurentius Thoreri Billichius (1671–1678)
Daniel Larsson Wallerius (1678–1689)
Johan Carlberg (1689–1701)
Georg Wallin the elder (1701–1702)
Laurentius Norrmannus (1702–1703)
Olaus Nezelius (1703–1710)
Johan Poppelman (1711–1725)
Erik Benzelius the younger (1726–1731)
Jacob Benzelius (1731–1744)
Georg Wallin the younger (1745–1760)
Erik Lamberg (1760–1780)
Johan Wingård (1781–1819)
Carl Fredrik af Wingård (1818–1839)
Anders Bruhn (1840–1856)
Gustaf Daniel Björck (1856–1888)
Edvard Herman Rodhe (1888–1929)
Carl Block (1929–1948)
Bo Giertz (1949–1970)
Bertil Gärtner (1970–1991)
Lars Eckerdal (1991–2003)
Carl Axel Aurelius (2003–2011)
Per Eckerdal (2011–2018)
Susanne Rappmann (2018–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Församling - Pastorat - Kontrakt" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Göteborgs stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)