Erkki Kaila

The Most Reverend Erkki Kaila
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Archdiocese	Turku
In office	1935–1944
Predecessor	Lauri Ingman
Successor	Aleksi Lehtonen
Orders
Ordination	1889
Consecration	1925
Personal details
Born	(1867-06-02)2 June 1867 Huittinen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
Died	9 December 1944(1944-12-09) (aged 77) Turku, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Jonatan Johansson & Matilda Maria Milbrandt
Spouse	Aina Maria Drake (1889–1937) Anna-Maria Tallgren (1944)
Children	10
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Viipuri (1925-1935)

Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1927.

External links

• Archbishops of Turku: Erkki Kaila (in Finnish)

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Archbishops of Turku

Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Swedish Finland (1164–1554), Protestant Church of Sweden (1554–1817), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (1817—present)

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14th century

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17th century

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18th century

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• Jakob Haartman
• Jakob Gadolin

19th century

• Jakob Tengström
• Erik Gabriel Melartin
• Edvard Bergenheim
• Torsten Thure Renvall

20th century

• Gustaf Johansson
• Lauri Ingman
• Erkki Kaila
• Aleksi Lehtonen
• Ilmari Salomies
• Martti Simojoki
• Mikko Juva
• John Vikström

21st century

• Jukka Paarma
• Kari Mäkinen
• Tapio Luoma

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