Diocese of Tampere

Diocese of Tampere

Tampereen hiippakunta
Location
CountryFinland
Ecclesiastical provinceTurku & Finland
MetropolitanArchbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes49
Members595,000
Information
DenominationEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established1554
CathedralTampere Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopMatti Repo
Metropolitan ArchbishopTapio Luoma
Website
www.tampereenhiippakunta.fi

The Diocese of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen hiippakunta, Swedish: Tammerfors stift) is the second oldest[1] and the largest diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is divided into 69 parishes with a total population of over 595,000 people. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Tampere.

  1. ^ "The open doors of the bishop's house". Tampere. Retrieved 2024-01-31.