Carl Block

Carl Elis Daniel Block (12 February 1874 - 6 October 1948) was Bishop of Gothenburg from 1929 till 1948. He was the half-brother of the mathematician Henrik Block and father of the doctor Erik Block and educator Bertil Block. He was a cousin of John Cullberg.

The Right Reverend

Carl Block
Bishop of Gothenburg
ChurchChurch of Sweden
DioceseGothenburg
Elected1929
In office1929–1948
PredecessorEdvard Herman Rodhe
SuccessorBo Giertz
Orders
Consecration5 May 1929
by Nathan Söderblom
Personal details
Born(1874-02-12)February 12, 1874
Öxnevalla, Älvsborgs län, Sweden
DiedOctober 6, 1948(1948-10-06) (aged 74)
Gothenburg, Sweden
BuriedÖrgryte Ol Cemetery
NationalitySwedish
DenominationLutheran
ParentsAnders Herder Block and Charlotta Elisabet Cullberg
SpouseElisabet Bolin
Children5

Biography

Block was born in Öxnevalla in Älvsborg County, Sweden to Anders Herder Block, a contractor in Örby, and Charlotta Elisabet Cullberg. Block graduated from the Gothenburg Higher Latin Language School on June 3, 1891, after which he studied in Lund in the fall of 1891, becoming a candidate of philosophy on January 31, 1895. He did his theoretical exam and practical theological exam on 14 December 1897 and a dissertation trial on September 8, 1910, where he introduced The judgment chapter in his dissertation titled "Kristologien i Hegelsk bearbetning (The Hologram of Hegelian Processing)".[1] He became a doctor of theology on May 31, 1935, and was elected on January 11, 1898. Carl Block became a church councilor in Borås on January 3, 1906. he was also appointed as pastor in Mölndal on July 10, 1915, served as extraordinary chief predictor between 1919 and 1938. He was elected bishop of Gothenburg on February 25, 1929.

He became a bishop in Gothenburg on February 25, 1929. He remain bishop until his death in Gothenburg on 6 October 1948. Block married Elisabet Bolin (1878-1976) on 4 September 1906.[2] They had 5 children: Kerstin (1907-1908), Märta (born 1908), Erik (born 1910), Bertil (born 1912) and Anna-Lisa (born 1915).[3]

References
  1. Julhälsningar till församlingarna från präster i Göteborgs stift 1929-1932, utgiven av Göteborgs Stifts-Tidnings Förlag, Göteborg 1932, årgång 1929, s. 33
  2. Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003, (CD-ROM version 3.0), utgiven av Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2005
  3. Kvinnor i fosterländsk gärning : Samlingsverk över svenska kvinnor i arbete för land och folk, Bokförlaget Gothia, Stockholm 1943 s. 563
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