Tuomas Mäkipää
| Tuomas Mäkipää | |
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Tuomas Mäkipää preparing for Eucharist in a forest in Uusimaa. | |
| Born |
July 20, 1978 Pello, Finland |
| Religion | Anglicanism, Lutheranism |
| Spouse(s) | Suvi Mäkipää |
| Children | Emilia, Linnea, Emil |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | Deacon 2005, Priest 2010 |
Offices held | Assistant Curate, St Nicholas, Helsinki |
| Title | Chaplain, St Nicholas, Helsinki |
The Reverend Tuomas Mäkipää is an Anglican clergyman of Finnish Lutheran origin. He 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 appointed as Chaplain of the same Chaplaincy in 2012.
Mäkipää studied theology at Helsinki University. He was the first Finnish Lutheran ordained in the Church of England under the Porvoo Agreement.[1] He is also on the clergy roster of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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