Anders Wejryd

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Anders Harald Wejryd (born 8 August 1948) 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 met with Pope Benedict XVI in March 2007.

Preceded by Karl Gustav Hilding Hammar	Archbishop of Uppsala Lutheran Primate of Sweden 2006–	Succeeded by incumbent

[edit] 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.

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