The Right Reverend Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund | |
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Bishop Emerita of Härnösand | |
Church | Church of Sweden |
Diocese | Härnösand |
Elected | 8 April 2009 |
In office | 2009–2014 |
Predecessor | Tony Guldbrandzén |
Successor | Eva Nordung Byström |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 October 1971 by Olle Nivenius |
Consecration | 8 November 2009 by Anders Wejryd |
Personal details | |
Born | Maritta Tuulikki Koivunen July 19, 1947 |
Nationality | Finnish, Swedish |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Alma mater | Åbo Akademi Uppsala University |
Motto | Charitas foras mittit timorem (Love casts out fear) |
Maritta Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund (born 8 April 1947) is a Finnish-Swedish theologian. She was appointed Bishop of Härnösand in central Sweden on 8 November 2009; she was the fourth woman to be ordained as a bishop in the Church of Sweden. She retired on 13 December 2014.[1][2]