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Diocese of Växjö, the Glossary

The Diocese of Växjö (Växjö stift) is one of 13 dioceses within the Lutheran Church of Sweden.^[1]

32 relations: Archbishop of Uppsala, Archdeacon, Öland, Bishop of Linköping, Catholic Church, Church of Sweden, Council of Florence, Crusades, Dean (Christianity), Diocese, Diocese of Linköping, Fredrik Modéus, Gustav Vasa, Halland, Jönköping, John the Baptist, Kalmar, Kronoberg County, List of bishops of Lund, Lutheranism, Martin Modéus, Nationalencyklopedin, Nicolaus Ragvaldi, Pope Adrian IV, Prebendary, Reformation in Sweden, Sigfrid of Sweden, Sigurd the Crusader, Småland, Sweden, Växjö, Växjö Cathedral.
12th-century establishments in Sweden
Dioceses established in the 12th century
Dioceses of the Church of Sweden
Former Catholic dioceses in Sweden
Växjö

Archbishop of Uppsala

The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.

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Archdeacon

An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop.

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Öland

Öland (sometimes written Oland internationally; Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden.

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Bishop of Linköping

Bishops of the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Church of Sweden

The Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden.

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Council of Florence

The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Dean (Christianity)

A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy.

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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Diocese of Linköping

The Diocese of Linköping (Linköpings stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. Diocese of Växjö and diocese of Linköping are dioceses established in the 12th century, dioceses of the Church of Sweden and Former Catholic dioceses in Sweden.

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Fredrik Modéus

Fredrik Modéus (born 19 October 1964 in Jönköping) is a Swedish theologian and bishop, currently the 59th Bishop of Växjö.

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Gustav Vasa

Gustav I (born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family; 12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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Halland

Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden.

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Jönköping

Jönköping is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022).

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John the Baptist

John the Baptist (–) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD.

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Kalmar

Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea.

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Kronoberg County

Kronoberg County (Kronobergs län) is a county or län in southern Sweden.

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List of bishops of Lund

List of (arch)bishops of Lund.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Martin Modéus

Nils Martin Modéus (born 1 March 1962) is a Swedish theologian and bishop who is Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden.

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Nationalencyklopedin

("The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia with several hundred thousand articles.

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Nicolaus Ragvaldi

Nicolaus Ragvaldi (Latinized form of Swedish Nils Ragvaldsson) (born in the early 1380s and died on 17 February 1448) was bishop of Växjö and from 1438–1448 archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden.

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Pope Adrian IV

Pope Adrian IV (Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.

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Prebendary

A prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church.

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Reformation in Sweden

The Reformation in Sweden is generally regarded as having begun in 1527 during the reign of King Gustav I of Sweden, but the process was slow and was not definitively decided until the Uppsala Synod of 1593, in the wake of an attempted counter-reformation during the reign of John III (1568–1592).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Växjö

Also known as Ancient See of Vexiö, Ancient See of Vexioe, Bishop of Vaexjoe, Bishop of Växjö, Diocese of Vaexjoe, Diocese of Vexiö, Diocese of Vexioe, Växjö stift.

Diocese of Växjö, the Glossary

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See also

12th-century establishments in Sweden

Dioceses established in the 12th century

Dioceses of the Church of Sweden

Former Catholic dioceses in Sweden

Växjö

References