Andreas Holmberg

The Right Reverend Andreas Holmberg
Bishop of Stockholm
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Stockholm
Elected	5 March 2019
In office	2019–present
Predecessor	Eva Brunne
Orders
Ordination	1993 by  Henrik Svenungsson
Consecration	22 September 2019 by  Antje Jackelén
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-22) 22 December 1966 (age 58) Lund, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Denomination	Lutheranism
Spouse	Cecilia Holmberg
Children	2
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Motto	Bli kvar i min kärlek (Stay in my love)

Bengt Andreas Holmberg (born 22 December 1966 in Lund) is a Swedish prelate who is the current Bishop of Stockholm.

Biography

Holmberg was born in 1966 and partly raised in Tanzania. He was ordained priest in 1993 for the Diocese of Stockholm and since 2012 has worked as a diocesan deputy with responsibility for religious services. He was previously a parish priest in Stockholm and a theological teacher in Tanzania. In 2019 he defended his thesis on "The Church in the new landscape," the theology that emerges in the Swedish church congregations working in multi-cultural and multi-religious environments. ^[1]

Holmberg was elected bishop on 5 March 2019. ^[2] He was consecrated on 22 September in Uppsala Cathedral by Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Holmberg is the son of the priest Bengt Holmberg.

References

1. "CV Andreas Holmberg - längre", Church of Sweden . Retrieved on 22 September 2019.
2. "Stockholms stift har fått ny biskop", Church of Sweden , Stockholm, 11 September 2019. Retrieved on 22 September 2019.

Church of Sweden titles
Preceded by Eva Brunne	Bishop of Stockholm 2019–present	Incumbent