Matti Väisänen (bishop)

Matti Kalevi Väisänen (born 24 February 1934, Juva) is a former priest of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the bishop of independent Luther Foundation ordained by Swedish-based Missionsprovinsen, an ecclesiastical province that opposes ordination of women. He graduated doctor of theology from University of Helsinki in 2007. In 2013 Väisänen ordained Risto Soramies as the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.

Bishop

Matti Väisänen
ChurchMission Province of Sweden and Finland
Installed20 March 2010
Term ended4 May 2013
Orders
Ordination1964
Consecration2010, by Arne Olsson
Personal details
Born24 February 1934 (1934-02-24) (age 90)
Juva, Finland

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