Jakob Kukk

Jakob Kukk
The Most Reverend; Jakob Kukk
	Bishop of Tallinn; Primate of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church	Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Archdiocese	Tallinn
Elected	12 September 1919
Successor	Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi
Orders
Ordination	6 January 1899
Consecration	5 June 1921; by Nathan Söderblom
Personal details
Born	September 9, 1870; Ilmatsalu, Russian Empire (Present-day Estonia)
Died	July 25, 1933 (aged 62); Tallinn, Estonia
Buried	Siselinna Cemetery in Tallinn
Nationality	Estonian
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Jaak Kukk & Anu Tinni
Spouse	Melanie Kulju
Children	3

Jakob Kukk (9 September 1870 - 25 July 1933) was an Estonian prelate who served as the first bishop of the independent Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Biography

Kukk was born on 9 September 1870 in Ilmatsalu, Governorate of Livonia, in the Russian Empire. He studied theology at University of Tartu between 1891 and 1895. He was ordained on 6 January 1899 in Riga and served as a priest in Võru until 1900. Later he served as vicar of St Mary's Church in Rõuge until 1902. Between 1902 and 1904 he was assistant priest of St John's Church in Saint Petersburg. In 1904 he became assistant priest at St. Mary's Church in Tartu while in 1905 he became priest of Teškovo Church. In 1906 he became vicar of St Michael's Church in Keila, where he remained till 1921. he also served as a military chaplain during the Estonian War of Independence.

Kukk was elected the first bishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church on 12 September 1919. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Uppsala Nathan Söderblom at the Charles' Church, Tallinn on 5 June 1921. He governed the Estonian church util his death in 1933. He married Melanie Kulju on 5 May 1924. After his death, he was buried at the Vana-Kaarli Cemetery section within Siselinna Cemetery in Tallinn. [1]

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References

"JAKOB KUKK". Retrieved on 19 May 2019.

Preceded by none	Archbishop of Tallinn Primate of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1921–1933	Succeeded by Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi

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[1] "JAKOB KUKK". Retrieved on 19 May 2019.