Anders Wejryd

The Most Reverend Anders Wejryd
Archbishop Emeritus of Uppsala Primate Emeritus of Sweden
Wejryd at the Göteborg Book Fair in 2011
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Uppsala
Elected	30 March 2006
Installed	2 September 2006
Term ended	15 June 2014
Predecessor	K. G. Hammar
Successor	Antje Jackelén
Orders
Ordination	17 December 1972 (priest)
Consecration	17 December 1995[1] by Gunnar Weman
Personal details
Birth name	Anders Harald Wejryd
Born	8 August 1948 Falköping, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Harald Wejryd Birgitta Lagher
Spouse	Kajsa Wejryd (née Malmfors)
Children	3
Previous post	Bishop of Växjö (1995–2006)
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Motto	Parate viam Domini (Prepare the Way of the Lord)

Ordination history of Anders Wejryd
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	17 December 1972
Place of ordination	Västerås
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Gunnar Weman
Date of consecration	17 December 1995
Place of consecration	Uppsala Cathedral

Anders Harald Wejryd (born 8 August 1948 in Falköping) is a Swedish Lutheran clergyman. Having been Bishop of Växjö since 1995, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden in March 2006 and took office in September of the same year. He left office in 2014, and was replaced with Antje Jackelén.^[2]

Early life and ministry

Wejryd studied at Uppsala University, where he received his Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1972. In the same year, he was ordained priest in Västerås. He has served as priest in Västerås, Munktorp and Arboga, and was vicar of the parish Munktorp-Odensvi from 1978 to 1985, and vicar of Arboga parish and rural dean of the deanery Köping-Arboga from 1985 to 1987. In the 1980s, he continued part-time doctoral studies, doing research on Nathan Söderblom's missionary work until 1987, when his new job left him no time to continue. From 1987 to 1995 he was director of Ersta diakonisällskap (a church-connected foundation in Stockholm running a small hospital, social care activities and a nursing college), before becoming Bishop of Växjö in 1995, and Archbishop of Uppsala in 2006.

Archiepiscopacy

Wejryd was the first Archbishop to be elected after the separation of the Church of Sweden from the state on January 1, 2000. This meant that the Government of Sweden had no role in his appointment. In the preliminary election on February 8, 2006, he received 33% of the votes among 14 candidates (of which only eight received any votes at all). In the first round of voting on March 15, six candidates remained, and Wejryd received a plurality of votes, 44.6%, but not an absolute majority, with Ragnar Persenius as runner-up at 30.8%. A second round of voting between Wejryd and Persenius was arranged on March 30, where Wejryd received 176 votes (58.1%) against 127 for Persenius.

Wejryd took up his office on September 2, 2006. He met with Pope Benedict XVI in March 2007. In June 2010, he officiated at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.^[3]

References

• CV of Anders Wejryd at the Church of Sweden official website.
• Press release at the Church of Sweden official website on Wejryd's election as new archbishop, dated 30 March 2006.

1. Kjell Blückert, Signum 2007, 1: Vägröjaren Wejryd (Swedish)
2. "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
3. Royalcourt.se 2009-08-22: Officianter utnämnda till vigseln mellan Kronprinsessan Victoria och herr Daniel Westling (Swedish)