Diocese of Lapua

Lapuan hiippakunta
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Lapua
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFinland
Ecclesiastical provinceTurku & Finland
MetropolitanArchbishop of Turku & Finland
Statistics
Parishes49
Members406000
Information
DenominationEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Established1956
CathedralLapua Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopMatti Salomäki
Metropolitan ArchbishopTapio Luoma
Website
www.lapuanhiippakunta.fi

The Diocese of Lapua (Finnish: Lapuan hiippakunta, Swedish: Lappo stift) is one of nine dioceses within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese was founded in 1956.

The diocese attained national attention in September 2015, when Finnish media reported that the diocese had purchased a luxury penthouse apartment for the bishop's official residence. Due to the controversy, hundreds of Finns resigned from the church during the days following the media exposure.[1]

Bishops of Lapua

  • Eero Lehtinen 1956–1974
  • Yrjö Sariola 1974–1995
  • Jorma Laulaja 1995–2004
  • Simo Peura 2004–2022
  • Matti Salomäki 2022–

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