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Antje Jackelén

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The Most Reverend

Antje Jackelén
Archbishop of Uppsala
Primate of Sweden
ChurchChurch of Sweden
ArchdioceseUppsala
Elected15 October 2013
Installed15 June 2014
PredecessorAnders Wejryd
Orders
Ordination1980
Consecration15 April 2007
Personal details
Birth nameAntje Zöllner
Born (1955-06-04) 4 June 1955 (age 69)
Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
NationalitySwedish and German
DenominationLutheran (Church of Sweden)
SpouseHeinz Jackelén
Children2
Previous postBishop of Lund (2007-2014)
Alma mater
MottoGud är större ("God is greater") [1][2]

Antje Jackelén, born 4 June 1955 in Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, is the Protestant (Lutheran) archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden. She is primate (prima inter pares) of the Church of Sweden. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala. She was formally received through a service inside the Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014. This made her the Church of Sweden's first archbishop to be born outside Sweden since the 12th century. She also became the denomination's first female archbishop.[3][4]

The Church of Sweden announced on 7 December 2022 that she would retire.[5][6] She laid down her bishop's staff during a church service inside the Uppsala Cathedral on 30 October 2022.[7]

References

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  1. 1 John 3.18-20
  2. Church of Sweden: Bishop Antje Jackelén's motto - God is greater Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Svenska Dagbladet :Klimatet är en högst teologisk fråga. 15 June 2014.
  4. Fox News/Associated Press: Sweden elects its first female archbishop, the German-born bishop of Lund
  5. Mikael Stjernberg (7 December 2021). "Ärkebiskop Antje lägger ner staven hösten 2022" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  6. "Ärkebiskop Antje Jackelén går i pension" (in Swedish). SVT Uppsala. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. "Ärkebiskopen går i pension" (in Swedish). SVT Uppsala. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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