Diocese of Helsinki

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Diocese of Helsinki

Helsingin hiippakunta
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Coat of arms of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Helsinki.svg
Coat of arms
Location
Country Finland
Ecclesiastical province Turku & Finland
MetropolitanArchbishop of Turku & Finland
Information
Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established1959
Cathedral Helsinki Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop Teemu Laajasalo
Metropolitan Archbishop Tapio Luoma
Website
helsinginhiippakunta.fi

The Diocese of Helsinki (Finnish : Helsingin hiippakunta; Swedish : Helsingfors stift) is a diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and the seat of the Bishop of Helsinki. Its cathedral is Helsinki Cathedral.

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The diocese was established in 1959 by dividing the Diocese of Tampere. It covers only 1% of the country's territory, but contains 10% of its population. The diocese comprises 39 parishes. It was partitioned again in 2002, when the western part became the Diocese of Espoo. The current bishop of Helsinki is Teemu Laajasalo.

The diocese is unique among the Finnish dioceses in the sense that in some parish areas, the church members are in a minority. In the Kallio and Vallila districts, church membership among the residents is circa 49 per cent. Only in six of the 18 parishes of the diocese the membership share reaches over 60 per cent of the population. [1]

Bishops of Helsinki

References

  1. Eroakirkosta.fi - Kallion ja Paavalin asukkaista enää alle 50 % kuuluu kirkkoon
  2. "Helsingin hiippakunnan piispanvaalin vahvistetut tulokset - evl.fi". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.