Ilmari Salomies

The Most Reverend

Ilmari Salomies
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
ArchdioceseTurku
In office1951–1964
PredecessorAleksi Lehtonen
SuccessorMartti Simojoki
Previous post(s)Bishop of Mikkeli (1943-1951)
Orders
Ordination1920
Consecration13 June 1943
by Erkki Kaila
Personal details
Born(1893-07-17)17 July 1893
Died26 December 1973(1973-12-26) (aged 80)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
DenominationLutheran
ParentsEdvard Salonen & Hedvig Sofia Salonen
SpouseKirsti Hildén

Ilmari Johannes Salomies, previously Salonen (17 July 1893 – 26 December 1973, Helsinki), was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1951 and 1964.