bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

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Christian religious leader Lutheran bishop ecclesiastical officeholder

The bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland are the senior ecclesiastical leaders who oversee its dioceses, guide doctrine and pastoral work, and collectively participate in the church’s highest decision-making bodies.

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Label	Occurrences
bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious leader ⓘ Lutheran bishop ⓘ ecclesiastical officeholder ⓘ
appointedBy	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityOver	clergy of their dioceses ⓘ parishes of their dioceses ⓘ
canBe	archbishop ⓘ diocesan bishop ⓘ
collaborateWith	Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectiveHead	Archbishop of Turku and Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperateWith	other Nordic Lutheran bishops ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
duty	confirm ordinations ⓘ ordain pastors ⓘ represent their dioceses in national church bodies ⓘ supervise theological teaching in their dioceses ⓘ visit parishes canonically ⓘ
ecclesiasticalRank	higher than pastor ⓘ lower than archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
historicalTradition	Nordic Lutheran episcopacy ⓘ
jurisdiction	dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
languageOfOffice	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalStatus	public office within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
memberOf	Bishops’ Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
participateIn	highest decision-making bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
partOf	episcopal polity of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	doctrinal oversight in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ pastoral guidelines for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
role	guide doctrine in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ guide pastoral work in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ oversee dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
subclassOf	bishops ⓘ
subjectTo	church law of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
symbol	bishop’s crozier ⓘ bishop’s mitre ⓘ episcopal pectoral cross ⓘ
wears	episcopal vestments ⓘ

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General Synod → composition → bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ

subject surface form: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland