Leo Makkonen

Life

Born

4 June 1948

Ordained deacon

20 July 1973

Ordained priest

1975

Consecrated bishop

25 February 1979

Made metropolitan

1980

Made archbishop

27 October 2001

Retired

1 December 2024

Sees

1. 25 February 1979 – 1980

   Bishop of Joensuu

   Church of Finland

2. 1980 – 1996

   Metropolitan of Oulu

   Church of Finland

3. 1996 – 27 October 2001

   Metropolitan of Helsinki

   Church of Finland

4. 27 October 2001 – 1 January 2018

   Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland

   Church of Finland

5. 1 January 2018 – 1 December 2024

   Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland

   Church of Finland · see moved from Kuopio to Helsinki

6. 1 December 2024 – present

   Former Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland

   Church of Finland

Consecration

Consecrated 25 February 1979. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 1 January 2005Arsenius Heikkinen Bishop of Joensuu, b. 1957
• 11 January 2015Elia Wallgrén Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland, b. 1961
• 19 August 2017Feodorit Tikhonov Bishop of Venyov, b. 1980
• 16 January 2022Sergei Rajapolvi Bishop of Hamina, b. 1965

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

Also in: Wikidata