Diocese of Strängnäs
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Diocese of Strängnäs Strängnäs stift |
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Arms of the diocese of Strängnäs
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| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Deaneries | 9 kontrakt |
| Coordinates | 59°22′32″N 17°02′04″E / 59.37556°N 17.03444°ECoordinates: 59°22′32″N 17°02′04″E / 59.37556°N 17.03444°E |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 62 |
| Congregations | 73 |
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| Denomination | Church of Sweden |
| Established | around 1100 |
| Cathedral | Strängnäs Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Johan Dalman |
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| Website | |
| svenskakyrkan.se/strangnasstift | |
The Diocese of Strängnäs is a part of the Lutheran Church of Sweden and has its seat in Strängnäs Cathedral in Strängnäs, south of Lake Mälaren. The diocese is made up of the two provinces Närke and Södermanland (except for eastern Södermanland, which belongs to and the ).
The diocese was first a Latin Catholic suffragan of the then Danish Diocese of Lund, which in 1104 was elevated to an archdiocese and became the Metropolitan see of all of Scandinavia. From 1164 on Strängnäs was suffragan to the Swedish archbishop of Uppsala. It was established during the 12th century by the English missionary Saint Eskil.
In 829 Ansgar and his companion, Witmar, having reached Björkö (Birka), an island in Lake Mälaren and a great centre of trade, were well received and made many converts. Returning to Germany in 831, Ansgar was made first Archbishop of Hamburg by Gregory IV and given a share in the superintendence of the Northern Mission hitherto exercised by Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims. Ebbo's relative Gautbert (Simon) became archbishop of Sweden and built a church at Birka. This success incurred the enmity of the heathen Swedes, who drove him from the country in 837, and slew his relative Nithard. Ansgar sent Ardgeir to Sweden in 844, but he did not stay long. Ansgar revisited Björkö in 853, when a law tolerating Christianity was passed, and until 865 Rimbert, Ansgar's biographer and successor, and other missionaries worked there. In 936 Hamburg-Bremen's Archbishop Unni visited Björkö and died there. In 1066 the city was utterly destroyed.
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