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Diocese of Visby, the Glossary

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The Diocese of Visby (Visby stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden consisting of the island of Gotland.[1]

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  1. 19 relations: Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden Abroad, Gotland, Gunnar Hultgren, Haquin Spegel, Israel Kolmodin, Lars Anton Anjou, Latin Rite, Lennart Koskinen, List of church ruins on Gotland, List of churches and chapels on Gotland, Martin Modéus, Nationalencyklopedin, Olof Herrlin, Sven-Bernhard Fast, Sweden, Thomas Petersson (bishop), Visby, Visby Cathedral.

  2. Dioceses of the Church of Sweden
  3. Religious organizations established in 1572
  4. Visby

Church of Sweden

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

See Diocese of Visby and Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden Abroad

The Church of Sweden Abroad (Svenska kyrkan i utlandet, SKUT) is an institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden.

See Diocese of Visby and Church of Sweden Abroad

Gotland

Gotland (Gutland in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland, is Sweden's largest island.

See Diocese of Visby and Gotland

Gunnar Hultgren

Gunnar Axel Engelbrekt Hultgren (19 February 1902 - 13 February 1991) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the Archbishop of Uppsala between 1958 and 1967.

See Diocese of Visby and Gunnar Hultgren

Haquin Spegel

Haquin Spegel (Haqvin) (14 June 1645 – 17 April 1714), born Håkan Spegel in Ronneby in Blekinge (today in Sweden), was a religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats.

See Diocese of Visby and Haquin Spegel

Israel Kolmodin

Israel Gustaf Kolmodin (24 December 1643 – 19 April 1709) was a Swedish hymnwriter and Lutheran priest, active in the Church of Sweden.

See Diocese of Visby and Israel Kolmodin

Lars Anton Anjou

Lars Anton Anjou (18 November 1803 – 13 December 1884) was a Swedish bishop, church historian and politician.

See Diocese of Visby and Lars Anton Anjou

Latin Rite

Latin Rite may refer to.

See Diocese of Visby and Latin Rite

Lennart Koskinen

Lennart Koskinen (born November 12, 1944, in Helsinki), is a clergyman in the Church of Sweden.

See Diocese of Visby and Lennart Koskinen

List of church ruins on Gotland

There are nineteen known ruined churches on the Swedish island of Gotland, twelve of which lie in Visby, the island's main town.

See Diocese of Visby and List of church ruins on Gotland

List of churches and chapels on Gotland

The Swedish island of Gotland has since the early Middle Ages had a large number of churches and chapels.

See Diocese of Visby and List of churches and chapels on Gotland

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.

See Diocese of Visby and Martin Modéus

Nationalencyklopedin

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

See Diocese of Visby and Nationalencyklopedin

Olof Herrlin

Gunnar Olof Johan Herrlin, Bishop of Visby 1962 - 1980, born 1914 in Lund, Sweden, died 1992.

See Diocese of Visby and Olof Herrlin

Sven-Bernhard Fast

Sven-Bernhard Fast (born 30 May 1951 in Oskarshamn) is a Swedish prelate who served as Bishop of Visby from 2011 till 2018.

See Diocese of Visby and Sven-Bernhard Fast

Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

See Diocese of Visby and Sweden

Thomas Ingemar Petersson (born 8 April 1968) is a Swedish prelate who is the former Bishop of Visby.

See Diocese of Visby and Thomas Petersson (bishop)

Visby

Visby is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants.

See Diocese of Visby and Visby

Visby Cathedral

Visby Cathedral (Visby domkyrka), formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (Visby Sankta Maria domkyrka), is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. Diocese of Visby and Visby Cathedral are Visby.

See Diocese of Visby and Visby Cathedral

See also

Dioceses of the Church of Sweden

Religious organizations established in 1572

Visby

References

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

Also known as Visby stift.