Diocese of Espoo

Diocese of Espoo

*Espoon hiippakunta*
Diocese of Espoo; Espoon hiippakunta
	Espoo Cathedral
Location
Country	Finland
Ecclesiastical province	Turku & Finland
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes	25
Members	402 000
Information
Denomination	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established	2004
Cathedral	Espoo Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Kaisamari Hintikka
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tapio Luoma

The Diocese of Espoo (Finnish: Espoon hiippakunta, Swedish: Esbo stift) is the newest of the nine dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese came into existence in 2004 after the Diocese of Helsinki was split in two.

The seat of the diocese is the Espoo Cathedral and its first bishop was Mikko Heikka.

After Heikka's successor Tapio Luoma was elected Archbishop in 2018, Kaisamari Hintikka was elected to succeed him in 2019.

List of Bishops

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Archbishop of Turku (List)
Dioceses	Archdiocese of Turku Borgå Espoo Kuopio Lapua Mikkeli Oulu Tampere Historical Savonlinna Vyborg
Cathedrals	Turku Espoo Helsinki Kuopio Lapua Mikkeli Oulu Porvoo Tampere No longer the seat of a bishop but still officially called cathedrals: Savonlinna
Monasteries	Monastic Community of Enonkoski
See also	Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Suomen Poikien ja Tyttöjen Keskus Awakening

Authority control databases
International	ISNI
National	Finland