Diocese of Oulu
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The Diocese of Oulu is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was first founded in the town of Kuopio in 1851, but the episcopal see was moved to Oulu in 1900.
[edit] Bishops of Oulu
- Bishops of Kuopio
- Robert Frosterus 1851-1884
- Gustaf Johansson 1885-1897
- Otto Immanuel Colliander 1897-1899
- Bishops of Oulu
- Juho Koskimies 1900-1936
- Juho Mannermaa 1936-1943
- Yrjö Wallinmaa 1943
- Väinö Malmivaara 1943-1954
- Olavi Heliövaara 1954-1963
- Leonard Pietari Tapaninen 1963-1965
- Kaarlo Johannes Leinonen 1965-1979
- Olavi Rimpiläinen 1979-2000
- Samuel Salmi 2001-
