Risto Soramies Explained

Risto Soramies
Honorific-Prefix:Bishop
Bishop Of:Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
Term Start:4 May 2013
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
Church:Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
Ordination:1985

Risto Matti Soramies (born 13 December 1946 in Helsinki, Finland) is the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland since 4 May 2013. He was ordained by Matti Väisänen, a bishop of the Mission Province of Sweden and Finland.[1]

In December 2014 Soramies consecrated Robert Kaumba as bishop of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Africa—Zambia Diocese.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Risto Soramies new Bishop for Luther Foundation. March 28, 2015.
  2. http://www.lhpk.fi/piispan-virkaan-asettaminen-sambiassa/ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.