Elia Wallgrén

Life

Born

8 December 1961

Ordained deacon

29 May 2003

Ordained priest

1 September 2003

Monastic tonsure

16 November 2014

Made archimandrite

17 November 2014

Consecrated bishop

11 January 2015

Made archbishop

1 December 2024

Sees

1. 11 January 2015 – 1 December 2024

   Metropolitan of Oulu

   Church of Finland

2. 1 December 2024 – present

   Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland

   Church of Finland

Consecration

Consecrated 11 January 2015 by:

• Leo Makkonen Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland, b. 1948
• Ambrose Jääskeläinen Metropolitan of Helsinki, b. 1945
• Panteleimon Sarho Metropolitan of Oulu, b. 1949
• Arsenius Heikkinen Bishop of Joensuu, b. 1957

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Leo Makkonen; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Elia Wallgrén Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland consecrated 11 January 2015
2. Leo Makkonen Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland, b. 1948 consecrated 25 February 1979

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 16 January 2022Sergei Rajapolvi Bishop of Hamina, b. 1965

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

Also in: Wikidata