Diocese of Turku

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The Diocese of Turku is a historic Lutheran ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Finland, centered in the city of Turku and traditionally regarded as the country's oldest and most prominent diocese.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Turku canonical 5
Archdiocese of Turku 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran diocese
diocese
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
associatedWithCity Turku
cathedral Turku Cathedral
centralChurchBuilding Turku Cathedral
country Finland
denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
followsChurchPolity Episcopal polity
governingBody chapter of Turku Cathedral
hasArchbishopTitle Archbishop of Turku
hasBishopTitle Bishop of Turku
hasCathedralStatusSince Middle Ages
hasClergyType bishops
deacons
priests
hasEcclesiasticalProvinceRole metropolitan see of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
hasFunction administration of confirmations
ordination of clergy
oversight of Lutheran parishes
supervision of church doctrine
hasHeritageStatus historic diocese
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in Southwest Finland
hasJurisdictionType territorial diocese
hasNotableBuilding Turku Cathedral
hasRite Western liturgical tradition
historicalRegion Egentliga Finland
surface form: Finland Proper
isHistoricCenterOf Finnish Christianity
Lutheranism in Finland
isLocatedIn Finland
Southwest Finland
Turku
isMetropolitanSeeOf Bishop of Turku
surface form: Archbishop of Turku
isMostProminentDioceseIn Finland
isOldestDioceseIn Finland
isPartOf Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
isSuccessorOf Catholic Diocese of Turku
isSuffraganSeeOf none
language Finnish
Swedish
postReformationDenomination Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
preReformationDenomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religion Lutheranism
seat Turku
traditionallyRegardedAs mother diocese of Finland
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mikael Agricola workLocation Diocese of Turku
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland hasDiocese Diocese of Turku
this entity surface form: Archdiocese of Turku
Mikael Olavinpoika diocese Diocese of Turku
Bishop of Turku appliesToJurisdiction Diocese of Turku
Bishop of Turku isLeaderOf Diocese of Turku
Bishop of Turku territory Diocese of Turku