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Jari Jolkkonen

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The Right Reverend

Jari Jolkkonen
Bishop of Kuopio
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Elected2012
Installed2012
PredecessorWille Riekkinen
Orders
Ordination1995
Consecration6 May 2012
by Kari Mäkinen
Personal details
Born (1970-03-05) 5 March 1970 (age 54)
NationalityFinnish
SpouseHanna Vasiljev
Children5

Jari Juhani Jolkkonen (born 5 March 1970) is a Finnish prelate who has been bishop of the Diocese of Kuopio since May 2012.

Biography

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Born in Ilomantsi, Jolkkonen graduated as an undergraduate in 1989 and later gained a Master of Science in Theology in 1994. He undertook his Ph.D. in 2005 at the University of Helsinki. He ordained a priest in 1995 and served as Secretary General of the Bishop's Conference since 2007. He was also the secretary of Bishop Eero Huovinen, former Bishop of Helsinki. Jolkkonen is also a Docent of the University of Eastern Finland in his field of systematic theology, especially ecumenism. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Eastern Finland. Jolkkonen received the Church Communications Prize in 1995, together with search engineer Taneli Heikka and Marianne Heikkilä. Jolkkonen's spouse is a priest herself, Hanna Vasiljev. They have five children.[1][2]

References

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Preceded by
Wille Riekkinen
Bishop of Kuopio
2012–
Succeeded by