The bishop of Turku (episcopus Aboensis) was the medieval catholic religious leader of Finland. Turku, in Swedish Åbo ( pronounced,) is a city and the original capital of Finland on the southwest coast of Finland at the The bishop of Turku ( Episcopus Aboensis) was the medieval catholic religious leader of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
Influenced by Papal bulls Swedish magnates in the 12th century set up crusadeing expeditions to convert the heathens in the eastern Baltic. A Papal bull is a particular type of Letters patent or charter issued by a Pope. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. This resulted in the establishment of the Catholic Church, the Christian religion and the Swedish conquest of Finland. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Turku, or Aboa, Åbo, became the principal city in Finland and residence of a Bishopric. Turku, in Swedish Åbo ( pronounced,) is a city and the original capital of Finland on the southwest coast of Finland at the
As a result of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the Catholic Church had to give way for the Lutheran state church which was established by king Gustav I of Sweden, whose principal reformer in Finland was Mikael Agricola and from 1554 also the Bishop. The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time The Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan Ruoŧa girkui is the largest church in Sweden. Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson (Colloquial 15th century Upplandic Gösta Jerksson) and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September Mikael Agricola ( (c 1510 &ndash April 9, 1557) was a Finnish clergyman who became de facto founder of written Finnish and See Lutheran Diocese of Turku. The Archdiocese of Turku, or the Archdiocese of Åbo is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku.
With the creation of the Finnish state at the Diet of Porvoo in 1809, the Bishop of Turku was elevated to the position of the archibiscop of the Finnish state church, as the Archbishop of Turku