Andreas Holmberg

Bengt Andreas Holmberg (born 22 December 1966 in Lund) is a Swedish prelate who is the current Bishop of Stockholm.

The Right Reverend

Andreas Holmberg
Bishop of Stockholm
Holmberg in 2019
ChurchChurch of Sweden
DioceseStockholm
Elected5 March 2019
In office2019–present
PredecessorEva Brunne
Orders
Ordination1993
by Henrik Svenungsson
Consecration22 September 2019
by Antje Jackelén
Personal details
Born (1966-12-22) 22 December 1966
Lund, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
DenominationLutheranism
SpouseCecilia Holmberg
Children2
Alma materUppsala University
MottoBli kvar i min kärlek (Stay in my love)

Biography

Holmberg was born in 1966 and partly raised in Tanzania. He was ordained priest in 1993 for the Diocese of Stockholm and since 2012 has worked as a diocesan deputy with responsibility for religious services. He was previously a parish priest in Stockholm and a theological teacher in Tanzania. In 2019 he defended his thesis on "The Church in the new landscape," the theology that emerges in the Swedish church congregations working in multi-cultural and multi-religious environments.[1]

Holmberg was elected bishop on 5 March 2019.[2] He was consecrated on September 22 in Uppsala Cathedral by Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Holmberg is the son of the priest Bengt Holmberg.

References
  1. "CV Andreas Holmberg - längre", Church of Sweden. Retrieved on 22 September 2019.
  2. "Stockholms stift har fått ny biskop", Church of Sweden, Stockholm, 11 September 2019. Retrieved on 22 September 2019.
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