Ilmari Salomies

Ilmari Salomies

Ilmari Johannes Salomies, previously Salonen (17 July 1893, Mikkelin maalaiskunta – 26 December 1973, Helsinki), was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1951 and 1964. He also had an academic career at the University of Helsinki where he served as a full professor of ecclesiastical history in 1938–1943.[1]

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Salomies, Ilmari in Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
  2. ↑ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Preceded by
Aleksi Lehtonen		 Archbishop of Turku
1951–1964		 Succeeded by
Martti Simojoki
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