The Archbishop of Turku and Finland

Kari Olavi Mäkinen

Born: 5.1.1955, PoriMäkinen
Family: married to Eija Mäkinen (hospital chaplain, born 1953). Children: Katariina (born 1981), Martta (born 1984), Kaisa (born 1988), Inari (born 1988)
Education: Candidate of Theology, 1979, Licentiate of Theology, 1987, Doctor of Theology, 1989. Ordained, 1979. Higher pastoral degree 1991.

Work history:
· Pastor, Roihuvouri parish (Helsinki), 1979, Lauttasaari parish (Helsinki), 1979-1984, Länsi-Pori parish (Turku), 1989, Ulvila parish (Turku) 1989-1993
· Researcher, 1984-89
· Acting assistant professor of church history, Helsinki University, 1994
· Vicar of Ulvila, 1994-2005
· Assessor, Turku Diocesan Chapter, 1998-2004
· Involved in the Turku Diocesan Chapter diocesan support project, 1.8-31.12.2005
· Bishop of Turku, 1.1.2006-31.5.2010
· Archbishop of Turku and Finland, 1.6.2010-

Other positions held:
· Member of the Bishops’ Conference, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2006-
· Member of the drafting committee of the Bishops’ Conference, 1998-99
· Chair of the drafting committee of the Turku Diocesan Council, 1999-01
· Member of the Bishops’ Conference’s doctrine forum, 1995-97
· Member of the planning group for the church’s central pastoral training, 2000-01
· Chair of the Bishops’ Conference’s Assessors’ Working Group, 2002-03
· Board member of the St Henry Foundation, 1998-, vice-chair 2004-, chair 2006-
· Chair, diocesan support project, 2002-
· General Synod, 2006-
· Member of the standing committee of General Synod, 2006-2007
· Chair of the advisory board of the St Henry’ Pilgrimage, 2006-
· Chair of the education and youthwork committee, 2006-
· Member of the Central Administration of the Church’s “municipal and parochial boundaries” working group, 2006-07
· Member of the Central Administration of the Church’s parochial reform steering group, 2008-
· Member of the church law drafting committee, 2006-09
· Chair of the ELCF/Pentecostal Churches’ Advisory Board, 2007-
· Common Responsibility Campaign Manager, 2007
· Chair of the Bishops’ Conference’s orientation working group, 2007-
· Member of the Province of Western Finland’s Police Advisory Board, 2008-
· Member of the General Committee of General Synod, 2008-
· Suomi-Areena Council member, 2009-

Hobbies: jogging, home cooking, literature, fishing

The succession

Bishop Henry arrived in Finland in about 1155 to bring order to the church’s life. Following his martyrdom, he was buried at Nousiainen, the first centre of the Finnish mission diocese. A papal letter of 1259 contains the first extant mention of the Bishop of Turku (Episcopus Aboensis).
The Finnish mission diocese, succeeded by the dioceses of Turku and Viipuri (the latter moving to Porvoo in 1723), was part of the Province of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden until 1809.
According to the church order defined by Archbishop Laurentius Petri in 1571, the office of bishop was retained in Sweden after the Reformation, as was the Archdiocese of Uppsala. The Archbishop was regarded as first among the bishops – “primus inter pares” – chairing both the Diet of Clergy and meetings of church representatives.
In 1809 – when Finland joined the Russian Empire – Tsar Alexander I confirmed the church’s Lutheran doctrine and guaranteed its episcopal order. 1n 1817, to mark the 300th anniversary of the Reformation, the Bishop of Turku was elevated to Archbishop of Turku and Finland, and the diocese became an archdiocese.
Missale aboenseThis picture from the Missale Aboense (1488) shows Bishop Henry. At his feet are his murderer Lalli, the contemporary Bishop of Turku, Konrad Bitz (on the right) and Maunu Särkilahti, the Dean. Konrad Bitz holds the coat of arms of Turku Cathedral.

The succession
1. Henrik n.1155
2. Rodolfus
3. Folquinus
4. Tuomas n. 1225-1245
5. Bero 1248-1258
6. Ragvald 1258-1266
7. Catillus 1266-1286
8. Johannes 1286-1290
9. Maunu 1291-1308
10. Ragvald 1309-1321
11. Pentti 1321-1338
12. Hemming 1338-1366
13. Henrik Hartmaninpoika 1366-1367
14. Johannes Pietarinpoika 1367-1370
15. Johannes Westfal 1370-1385
16. Bero Balk 1385-1412
17. Maunu Olavinpoika Tavast 1412-1450
18. Olavi Maununpoika 1450-1460
19. Konrad Bitz 1460-1489
20. Maunu Niilonpoika Särkilahti 1489-1500
21. Lauri Suurpää 1500-1506
22. Johannes Olavinpoika 1506-1510
23. Arvid Kurki 1510-1522
24. Ericus Svenonis, electus 1523 -1527
25. Martti Skytte 1528-1550
26. Mikael Agricola 1554-1557
27. Pietari Follingius 1558-1563
28. Paavali Juusten 1563-1575
29. Ericus Erici Sorolainen 1583-1625
30. Isaacus Rothovius 1627-1652
31. Aeschillus Petraeus 1652-1657
32. Johannes Terserus 1658-1664
33. Johannes Gezelius the Elder 1664-1690
34. Johannes Gezelius the Younger 1690-1718
35. Herman Witte 1721-1728
36. Lars Tammelin 1728-1733
37. Jonas Fahlenius 1734-1748
38. Johan Browallius 1748-1755
39. Karl Fredrik Mennander 1757-1775
40. Jakob Haartman 1776-1788
41. Jakob Gadolin 1788-1802
42. Jakob Tengström 1803-1832
43. Erik Gabriel Melartin 1833-1847
44. Edvard Bergenheim 1850-1884
45. Torsten Thure Renvall 1884-1898
46. Gustaf Johansson 1899-1930
47. Lauri Ingman 1930-1934
48. Erkki Kaila 1935-1944
49. Aleksi Lehtonen 1945-1951
50. Ilmari Salomies 1951-1964
51. Martti Simojoki 1964-1978
52. Mikko Juva 1978-1982
53. John Vikström 1982-1998
54. Jukka Paarma 1998- 2010
55. Kari Mäkinen 2010-

Archbishop Kari Mäkinen is the 55th Bishop of Turku and 14th Archbishop of Turku and Finland.