Tuomas Mäkipää

The Reverend Tuomas Mäkipää
Mäkipää preparing for Eucharist in a forest in Uusimaa
Born	(1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 46) Pello, Finland
Spouse	Suvi Mäkipää
Religion	Anglicanism
Church	Church of England
Ordained	Deacon: 2005 Priest: 2010
Offices held	Assistant Curate, Chaplaincy of St Nicholas, Helsink (2005)i; Chaplain, Chaplaincy of St Nicholas, Helsinki (2012)
Title	Chaplain, St Alban's Anglican Church, Copenhagen (2024); Area Dean for Finland

Tuomas Mäkipää is an Anglican clergyman of Finnish origin. He studied theology at Helsinki University.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mäkipää was ordained deacon by The Rt Revd Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, at Mikael Agricola Church, Helsinki in May 2005. He served as an assistant curate in the Chaplaincy of St Nicholas, Helsinki and was ordained priest by the Rt Revd David Hamid, suffragan bishop of the Diocese in Europe, in 2010. He was the first Finnish Lutheran ordained in the Church of England under the Porvoo Agreement. ^[1] He was appointed as Chaplain of the Chaplaincy of St Nicholas in 2012.

In 2015, Mäkipää was elected to the Church of England's General Synod. ^{[2] [3]} In February 2016, he was commissioned Assistant Area Dean for Finland. ^[4] In June the same year, he was elected chair of the House of Clergy of the Diocese in Europe's diocesan synod. ^[5] He is also on the clergy roster of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

In June 2024, Mäkipää was installed as the Anglican Chaplain of St Alban's Church in Copenhagen. ^[6]

References

1. "Eurobishop: Petertide Ordinations: The Revd Tuomas Mäkipää".
2. "EUROPEAN MEMBERS REPORT FOR NEW GENERAL SYNOD - News - Diocese in Europe".
3. "The General Synod - Diocese in Europe".
4. "Eurobishop: Assistant Area Dean for Finland".
5. "Eurobishop: Fr Tuomas Mäkipää and Mr David Coulston elected chairs of Houses of Clergy and Laity, respectively".
6. "We have a new chaplain!". St Alban's Church. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025.