Matti Väisänen (bishop)
Matti Kalevi Väisänen (born February 24, 1934, Juva) is a former priest of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the bishop of independent Luther Foundation ordained by Swedish-based Missionsprovinsen, an ecclesiastical province that opposes ordination of women. He graduated doctor of theology from University of Helsinki in 2007. In 2013 Väisänen ordained Risto Soramies as the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.
Bishop Matti Väisänen | |
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| Church | Mission Province of Sweden and Finland |
| Installed | March 20th, 2010 |
| Term ended | May 4th, 2013 |
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| Ordination | 1964 |
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| Born | December 13th, 1946 Juva, Finland |
Sources
- Luther Foundation bishop and ministers could be removed from established church
- Lutheran Church removes renegade bishop
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gollark: Why not, really. I have everything set up for one in about 10 minutes.
gollark: Experiments in about an hour. I'll wait until 30 minutes or so before, but if nobody is around to catch I'll just hatch them.
gollark: Is anyone available for four experiments in about eight hours?
gollark: Whyyyyy, TJ09, must you inflict the horror of measuring the times of death upon us?!
External links
- Homepage (in Finnish)
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