List of Swedish clergy and theologians
This is a list of Swedish clergy and theologians.
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Bishops
- Mikael Agricola, bishop and reformer
- Hans Brask, bishop
- Bishop Henry, bishop
- Lars Levi Laestadius, founder of the Laestadian movement
- Christina Odenberg, first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Sweden
- Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer
- Olaus Petri, reformer
- Nathan Söderblom, archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Other clergy
- Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643), first Lutheran clergyman assigned to New Sweden
- Johan Campanius (1601–1683), clergyman assigned to New Sweden, translated the Lutheran Catechism into the Lenape language
- Israel Acrelius (1714–1800), pastor in Rialla, Wilmington, Delaware, and Fellingsboro[1]
- Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796–1858), pastor at Torsåker
- Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974), founder of the Swedish Pentecostal movement
See also
- Church of Sweden
- Roman Catholic Church
- Archbishop of Uppsala
- Bishop of Åbo
- Ansgar – bishop and missionary to Sweden
- List of Swedish saints
References
- ↑ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
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