Edvard Magnus Rodhe

The Right Reverend Edvard Magnus Rodhe
Bishop of Lund
Edvard Magnus Rodhe as a young clergyman.
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Lund
Elected	1925
In office	1925-1948
Predecessor	Gottfrid Billing
Successor	Anders Nygren
Orders
Consecration	16 August 1925 by Nathan Söderblom
Personal details
Born	(1878-12-17)17 December 1878 Lund, Sweden
Died	12 April 1954(1954-04-12) (aged 75) Skara, Sweden
Buried	Norra cemetery, Lund
Nationality	Swede
Spouse	Ruth Billing
Alma mater	Lund University

Edvard Magnus Rodhe (Lund 17 December 1878 – Skara 12 April 1954) was a Swedish theologian and bishop of Lund 1925-1948.

Edvard Rodhe was born in Lund, son of the clergyman Edvard Herman Rodhe (1845-1932), later bishop of Gothenburg (1888-1929). The younger Edvard Rodhe graduated from the Gothenburg Latin gymnasium 1896 and matriculated at Lund University the same year. He completed his filosofie kandidat degree in 1898, and completed his theology degree in 1904, after having spent time at the universities of Leipzig, Marburg and Berlin. He defended a dissertation for a docentship in 1905 and taught in Lund until he was appointed professor of practical theology at Uppsala University and vicar of Gamla Uppsala parish in 1912, becoming doctor of theology at Lund University the same year. He was professor of practical theology and canonical law at Lund University from 1919 until 1925 and appointed bishop of Lund in 1925, retiring in 1948. Rodhe was the last bishop of Lund to serve as Pro-Chancellor of Lund University.

Edvard Rodhe was married to Ruth Billing (1876-1951), a daughter of Bishop Gottfrid Billing.

Literature

• Oloph Bexell, "Edvard Rodhe och den praktiska teologin" Summary: Edvard Rodhe and the Subject of Practical Theology. Religion och Bibel. Nathan Söderbloms-Sällskapets årsbok 62-63 (2003-2004)