Diocese of Härnösand Härnösands stift | |
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) Arms of the diocese of Härnösand | |
| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Deaneries | 10 kontrakt[1] |
| Coordinates | 62°37′52″N 17°56′30″E / 62.63111°N 17.94167°E |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 52[1] |
| Congregations | 104[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of Sweden |
| Established | 1647[2] |
| Cathedral | Härnösand Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Eva Nordung Byström |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Antje Jackelén |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| svenskakyrkan.se/harnosandsstift | |
The Diocese of Härnösand (Swedish: Härnösands stift) is a division in the Church of Sweden in Västernorrland County. The Cathedral is located at Trädgårdsgatan in Härnösand.
History
The diocese was established in 1647. In 1904, the diocese of Luleå was formed, breaking away from the diocese of Härnösand.
Between 1994-2004, several churches of the diocese experienced a series of thefts.[3]
Parishes
The diocese is divided into 10 deaneries with 113 parishes, these among others:
- Anundsjö
- Åre
- Härnösand
- Offerdal
- Örnsköldsvik
- Östersund
- Sidensjö
- Sollefteå
- Tännäs
- Torsåker
- Ytterlännäs
Bishops
- Petri Erici Steuchius (1647-1683)
- Mathias Steuchius (1683-1694)
- Julius Micrander (1695-1702)
- Georgius Nicolai Wallin (1703–1723)
- Petrus Jonæ Asp (1723–1726)
- Nicolaus Sternell (1728–1744)
- Olof Kiörning (1746–1778)
- Eric Hesselgren (1779–1803)
- Carl Gustaf Nordin (1805–1812)
- Erik Abraham Almquist (1814–1830)
- Frans Michael Franzén (1832–1847)
- Israel Bergman (1848–1864)
- Anders Fredrik Beckman (1865–1875)
- Lars Landgren (1876–1888)
- Martin Johansson (1888–1908)
- Ernst Frithiof Lönegren (1910–1934)
- Torsten Bohlin (1935–1950)
- Gunnar Hultgren (1951–1958)
- Ruben Josefson (1958–1967)
- Arne Palmqvist (1967–1975)
- Bertil Werkström (1975–1983)
- Bengt G. Hallgren (1983–1991)
- Karl-Johan Tyrberg (1991–2001)
- Tony Guldbrandzén (2001–2009)
- Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund (2009–2014)
- Eva Nordung Byström (2014–present)
References
- ^ a b c "Det här är Härnösands stift" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Härnösands stift". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ Sofia Elwér (October 2005). "Brottsplats kyrkan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. p. 13. Retrieved 15 January 2017.