Teemu Sippo

His Excellency
Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo
S.C.I.
Bishop of Helsinki

Bishop Sippo
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Helsinki
Appointed 16 June 2009
Installed 5 September 2009
Predecessor Józef Wróbel
Orders
Ordination 28 May 1977
Consecration 5 September 2009
by Karl Lehmann
Personal details
Born May 20, 1947
Lahti, Finland
Nationality  Fin
Coat of arms

Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo S.C.I. (born 20 May 1947 in Lahti, Finland) is the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Helsinki.[1] He is the first Finnish-born Roman Catholic Bishop since Arvid Kurck (1464–1522).

Life

Teemu Sippo was born as a Lutheran, and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1966 while he was in his late teens; four years later he decided to start studying to become a priest. He became a professed member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1970 and started studying at the seminary at Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg. He wrote his Master's thesis on Paul Tillich's principle of Protestantism. His thesis advisor was Karl Lehmann. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1977.

After that he worked in Helsinki and Jyväskylä. In June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Helsinki, succeeding Josef Wrobel, who had been appointed auxiliary bishop of Lublin. He was ordained bishop by Karl Cardinal Lehmann on September 5, 2009.[2] The consecration took place in the Turku Cathedral, which is a Lutheran church.

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Bishop Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bishop Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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