Risto Soramies

Bishop
Risto Soramies
Church Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
Installed May 4, 2013
Personal details
Born December 13, 1946
Helsinki, Finland

Risto Matti Soramies (born December 13, 1946 in Helsinki, Finland) is the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland since May 4, 2013. He was ordained by Matti Väisänen, a bishop of the Mission Province of Sweden and Finland.[1]

In December 2014 Soramies consecrated Robert Kaumba as bishop of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Africa—Zambia Diocese.[2]

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