Diocese of Gothenburg

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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.

Diocese of Gothenburg Diocesis Gothoburgensis Göteborgs stift

Arms of the diocese of Gothenburg
Location
Country	Sweden
Deaneries	16 kontrakt^[1]
Coordinates	57°42′16″N 11°57′55″E / 57.70444°N 11.96528°E / 57.70444; 11.96528
Statistics
Parishes	124^[1]
Congregations	196^[1]
Information
Denomination	Church of Sweden
Established	1620^[2]
Cathedral	Gothenburg Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Susanne Rappmann
Metropolitan Archbishop	Antje Jackelén
Map

Website
svenskakyrkan.se/goteborgsstift

List of superintendents of Gothenburg edit

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

List of bishops of Gothenburg edit

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 edit

^ ^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)

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