Thomas Söderberg

Ulf Thomas Söderberg (born 19 December 1948) was Bishop of Västerås, Sweden, from 2008 to 2015.

The Right Reverend

Thomas Söderberg
Bishop of Västerås
ProvinceChurch of Sweden
DioceseDiocese of Västerås
Elected7 February 2008
Installed4 May 2008
PredecessorClaes-Bertil Ytterberg
SuccessorMikael Mogren
Orders
Ordination1982
Consecration4 May 2008
by Anders Wejryd
Personal details
Birth nameUlf Thomas Söderberg
Born (1948-12-19) 19 December 1948
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
DenominationChurch of Sweden
Alma materUppsala University
Motto
  • Non quomodo mundus dat ego do vobis non turbetur cor vestrum neque formidet
  • ( Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Thomas Söderberg
History
Priestly ordination
Date1982
PlaceVästerås
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byAnders Wejryd
Date4 May 2008
PlaceUppsala Cathedral

Biography

Söderberg grew up in Grängesberg. He has been strongly involved in the renewal of the Swedish Church. For several years he worked as a vicar in Svärdsjö parish in Dalarna. He was director of St Luke's Foundation and later became vicar of Enviken. He was elected Bishop of Västerås on February 7, 2008 and was consecrated on May 4, 2008 in Uppsala Cathedral. He was nominated for Archbishop of Uppsala in 2006 and came in third place. after Anders Wejryd and Ragnar Persenius. Söderberg retired September 5, 2015.[1]

References
  1. Website of the Diocese of Västerås
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