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Andreas Holmberg

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Andreas Holmberg
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Bengt Andreas Holmberg (born 22 December 1966 in Lund) is a Swedish prelate who is the current Bishop of Stockholm.

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Biography

Holmberg was born in 1966 and partly raised in Tanzania. He was ordained as a priest in 1993 for the Diocese of Stockholm. Since 2012, he has served as a diocesan deputy responsible for religious services. Previously, he worked as a parish priest in Stockholm and as a theological teacher in Tanzania. In 2019, he defended his thesis titled "The Church in the new landscape," which focuses on the theology emerging from Swedish church congregations operating in multi-cultural and multi-religious settings.[1]

On 5 March 2019, Holmberg was elected bishop.[2] His consecration took place on 22 September at Uppsala Cathedral by Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Holmberg is the son of priest Bengt Holmberg.

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