22.12.2006
Antje Jackelén Is Bishop-Elect of Sweden's Lund Diocese
Rev. Antje Jackelén will become the next bishop of the Church of Sweden's Diocese of Lund. She was elected as bishop of Lund in October. The Church of Sweden pastor will assume her new position in April 2007, succeeding retiring Bishop Christina Odenberg, who has led the diocese since 1997.Jackelén has been an associate professor of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA, since 2001. Ordained in 1980, she was a parish pastor for 16 years in the Stockholm and Lund dioceses. She also served in Gardstanga and at the Lund Cathedral. She earned degrees from the universities of Tübingen in Germany, and Uppsala and Lund in Sweden. Jackelén is married to Rev. Heinz Jackelén, and they have two daughters.
The Diocese of Lund has an estimated 1 million members in its 217 parishes. It is one of the 13 dioceses of the 7 million-member Church of Sweden. (160 words)
(ELCA News Service)
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