Matti Väisänen (bishop)

Bishop
Matti Väisänen
Church Mission Province of Sweden and Finland
Installed March 20th, 2010
Term ended May 4th, 2013
Personal details
Born December 13th, 1946
Juva, Finland

Matti Kalevi Väisänen (born February 24, 1934, Juva) is a former priest of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the bishop of independent Luther Foundation ordained by Swedish-based Missionsprovinsen, an ecclesiastical province that opposes ordination of women. He graduated doctor of theology from University of Helsinki in 2007. In 2013 Väisänen ordained Risto Soramies as the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.

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