Antje Jackelén
The Most Reverend Antje Jackelén | |
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| Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden | |
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| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Archdiocese | Uppsala |
| Elected | 15 October 2013 |
| Installed | 15 June 2014 |
| Predecessor | Anders Wejryd |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 |
| Consecration | 15 April 2007 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Antje Zöllner |
| Born | 4 June 1955 Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Nationality | Swedish and German |
| Denomination | Lutheran (Church of Sweden) |
| Spouse | Heinz Jackelén |
| Children | 2 |
| Previous post | Bishop of Lund (2007-2014) |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Gud är större ("God is greater") [1][2] |
Antje Jackelén, born 4 June 1955 in Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, is the Protestant (Lutheran) archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden. She is primate (prima inter pares) of the Church of Sweden. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala. She was formally received through a service inside the Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014. This made her the Church of Sweden's first archbishop to be born outside Sweden since the 12th century. She also became the denomination's first female archbishop.[3][4]
The Church of Sweden announced on 7 December 2022 that she would retire.[5][6] She laid down her bishop's staff during a church service inside the Uppsala Cathedral on 30 October 2022.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1 John 3.18-20
- ↑ Church of Sweden: Bishop Antje Jackelén's motto - God is greater Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Svenska Dagbladet :Klimatet är en högst teologisk fråga. 15 June 2014.
- ↑ Fox News/Associated Press: Sweden elects its first female archbishop, the German-born bishop of Lund
- ↑ Mikael Stjernberg (7 December 2021). "Ärkebiskop Antje lägger ner staven hösten 2022" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ↑ "Ärkebiskop Antje Jackelén går i pension" (in Swedish). SVT Uppsala. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ↑ "Ärkebiskopen går i pension" (in Swedish). SVT Uppsala. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
Other websites
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Media related to Antje Jackelén at Wikimedia Commons
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