Roman Catholic Diocese of Åbo

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The Diocese of Åbo was the medieval, pre-Reformation Catholic predecessor of the later Archdiocese of Turku, a Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland jurisdiction.

History

• Established circa 1150? as Diocese of Åbo / Turku / Abœn(sis) (Latin adjective), on Finnish territory split off from the Swedish then
  Diocese of Uppsala
  (later Metropolitan)
• Suppressed on 1522.07.22, without direct Catholic successor

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It was probably founded in the 12th century, but the

by 1259 at the latest, by which time it had been assimilated to the set of Swedish dioceses.

The see was located in

, probably soon after the Swedish conquest in 1249.

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Åbo

Bishops of Finland are usually included in the

.

• Saint Henry = Henrik (born England) (1150? – 1152), next Bishop of Uppsala (Sweden
  ) (1152 – death 1156.01.20)
• Rodulff (? – death 1178?)
• Folkvin
  (? – ?)
• Tuomas, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1209.10.30 – death 1248)
• Bero (1249 – death 1253)
• Ragvald (? – death 1266)
• Ragvald (? – death 1266)
• Uppsala
  (Sweden) (1290-07-08/1291-09-08)
• ...

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Finland
• Bishop of Turku
• List of Bishops of Turku
• Second Swedish Crusade

Sources

• GCatholic

External links

• GCatholic