Caroline Krook Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Caroline Krook
Bishop of Stockholm
Church:Church of Sweden
Diocese:Stockholm
Term:1998–2009
Predecessor:Henrik Svenungsson
Successor:Eva Brunne
Ordination:1969
Consecration:1998
Birth Date:18 November 1944
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Religion:Lutheranism
Motto:Var brinnande i anden – tjäna Herren (Stay burning in the spirit - serve the Lord)

Caroline Krook (born 18 November 1944 in Stockholm) is a retired Swedish bishop in the Church of Sweden. In 1990 she was appointed as Dean of Storkyrkan.

Biography

Krook was ordained priest in 1969 for the Diocese of Lund and was appointed a prison chaplain in Malmö, the first female to do so in Sweden. She was the bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm from 1998 until her retirement in 2009, when she was succeeded by Eva Brunne. Krook lives in Stockholm.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=191858 Church of Sweden:Caroline Krook