Diocese of Mikkeli

Diocese of Mikkeli

Mikkelin hiippakunta
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Mikkeli
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFinland
Ecclesiastical provinceTurku & Finland
MetropolitanArchbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes36
Information
DenominationEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established1897
CathedralMikkeli Cathedral
Co-cathedralSavonlinna Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopMari Parkkinen
Metropolitan ArchbishopTapio 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]

  1. ^ "Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok - S:t Michels stift". Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-02.