| Years in Sweden: | 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 |
Events from the year 1670 in Sweden
| Years in Sweden: | 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 |
Events from the year 1670 in Sweden
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The Church of Sweden is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.
Robert Leighton was a Scottish prelate and scholar, best known as a church minister, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1653 to 1662. He was "noted for his Christian piety, his humility and gentleness, and his devotion to his calling".
Erik Benzelius was a Swedish theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala.
Petrus was the third archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, between 1187 and 1197.
Olaus (Olov) Svebilius was a Swedish priest and professor. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Linköping and Archbishop of Uppsala. His most notable work was Martin Luthers Lilla katekes med Katekesförklaring, a Swedish language translation and explanation of Luther's Small Catechism.
Robert Frampton was Bishop of Gloucester in England from 1681 to 1691 and later a Non-juror.
Anders Harald Wejryd is a Swedish Lutheran clergyman. Having been Bishop of Växjö since 1995, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden in March 2006 and took office in September of the same year. He left office in 2014, and was replaced with Antje Jackelén.
The Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion. "Ministry" commonly refers to the office of ordained clergy: the threefold order of bishops, priests and deacons. More accurately, Anglican ministry includes many laypeople who devote themselves to the ministry of the church, either individually or in lower/assisting offices such as lector, acolyte, sub-deacon, Eucharistic minister, cantor, musicians, parish secretary or assistant, warden, vestry member, etc. Ultimately, all baptized members of the church are considered to partake in the ministry of the Body of Christ.
The Church of Sweden Abroad is an institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden. The Church of Sweden Abroad (SKUT) has more than 40 parishes throughout the world, concentrated in Western Europe. Another 80 cities are served by visiting clergy.
Antje Jackelén is archbishop emerita and primate emerita of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through a service in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, making her Sweden's first foreign-born archbishop since the 12th century, and the first female archbishop.
John Richard Keating was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia from 1983 until his death.
Mathias Clement Lenihan, was a 20th-century archbishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls in the state of Montana from 1904-30.
William Palliser was an clergyman and academic. He was professor of divinity at Trinity College Dublin, then successively Church of Ireland Bishop of Cloyne and Archbishop of Cashel.
Olof Sundby was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the archbishop of Uppsala in the period 1972–1983.
Events from the year 1676 in Sweden
Events from the year 1598 in Sweden.
Nils Martin Modéus is a Swedish theologian and bishop who is Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden. Prior to this, he was bishop of the Diocese of Linköping from 2011 until 2022, when he was installed as Archbishop.
Samuel Enander, later knows as Samuel Nicolai Gyllenadler, was a Swedish prelate who served as the Bishop of Linköping 1655–1670.
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