Seppo Häkkinen

The Right Reverend
Seppo Häkkinen
Bishop of Mikkeli
Church Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Diocese Mikkeli
Elected 2009
Predecessor Voitto Huotari
Orders
Ordination 1983
Consecration 2009
by Jukka Paarma
Personal details
Born (1958-06-02) June 2, 1958
Kuopio, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Spouse Maria Häkkinen
Children 4
Alma mater University of Helsinki

Seppo Auvo Antero Häkkinen (born June 2, 1958) is a Finnish prelate who has been bishop of the Diocese of Mikkeli since 2009.

Biography

Seppo Häkkinen was born on June 2, 1958 in Kuopio. Häkkinen worked as Head of the Functional Department of the Church Council berween 2002-2009, Heinola Provincial in Chapel between 1987-2001 and as an official assistant to the Imatra Ward between 1983-1987. Häkkinen is a Doctor of Theology. HHis dissertation, which was approved in 2010, dealt with the Church's membership and the church's commitment to resigning from the Church. In 2009 he was elected as Bishop of Mikkeli.Häkkinen's family includes his wife Maria and four children. He married in 1980.[1]

References

  1. "Henkilötiedot", Mikkelin hiippakunta. Retrieved on 25 August 2018.


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