The Most Reverend Erkki Kaila | |
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Archbishop of Turku and Finland | |
Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Archdiocese | Turku |
In office | 1935–1944 |
Predecessor | Lauri Ingman |
Successor | Aleksi Lehtonen |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Viipuri (1925-1935) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1889 |
Consecration | 1925 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 9 December 1944 Turku, Finland | (aged 77)
Nationality | Finnish |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Parents | Jonatan Johansson & Matilda Maria Milbrandt |
Spouse | Aina Maria Drake (1889–1937) Anna-Maria Tallgren (1944) |
Children | 10 |
Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1927.