Diocese of Turku

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Lutheran diocese diocese ecclesiastical jurisdiction

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Archdiocese of Turku 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran diocese ⓘ
diocese ⓘ
ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
associatedWithCity Turku NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 Finland Proper NERFINISHED ⓘ
isHistoricCenterOf Finnish Christianity ⓘ
Lutheranism in Finland ⓘ
isLocatedIn Finland ⓘ
Southwest Finland ⓘ
Turku NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs mother diocese of Finland ⓘ
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar

Referenced by (4)

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

Bishop of Turku → appliesToJurisdiction → Diocese of Turku ⓘ
Mikael Olavinpoika → diocese → Diocese of Turku ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdiocese of Turku
Mikael Agricola → workLocation → Diocese of Turku ⓘ