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==Early life and career== |
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Askola first became involved with the Church as a child after the early death of her father.<ref>http://www.sixdegrees.fi/6d/index.php/wemet/37-wemet/379-keeping-the-faith |
Askola first became involved with the Church as a child after the early death of her father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sixdegrees.fi/6d/index.php/wemet/37-wemet/379-keeping-the-faith |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120912092400/http://www.sixdegrees.fi/6d/index.php/wemet/37-wemet/379-keeping-the-faith |archivedate=2012-09-12 |df= }} </ref> She started her theological studies at the University of Helsinki 1971 and continued them as an academic research assistant until 1981. |
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She graduated as Master of Theology in 1975, and was ordained as a priest in 1988. |
She graduated as Master of Theology in 1975, and was ordained as a priest in 1988. |
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Askola has worked as an executive secretary for the [[Conference of European Churches]], based in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] from 1991 to 1999. She has also worked as a Special Advisor in Theological Affairs to the Bishop [[Mikko Heikka]].<ref>http://www.leuenberg.eu/side.php?news_id=11503&part_id=0&navi=10 {{deadlink|date=August 2017}}</ref> |
Askola has worked as an executive secretary for the [[Conference of European Churches]], based in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] from 1991 to 1999. She has also worked as a Special Advisor in Theological Affairs to the Bishop [[Mikko Heikka]].<ref>http://www.leuenberg.eu/side.php?news_id=11503&part_id=0&navi=10 {{deadlink|date=August 2017}}</ref> |
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She was elected Bishop of Helsinki on June 2010 as successor to [[Eero Huovinen]]; she was chosen on the second round of the election with 591 votes.<ref>http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Irja+Askola+narrowly+elected+as+first+female+Finnish+bishop+/1135257328587 |
She was elected Bishop of Helsinki on June 2010 as successor to [[Eero Huovinen]]; she was chosen on the second round of the election with 591 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Irja+Askola+narrowly+elected+as+first+female+Finnish+bishop+/1135257328587 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806200632/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Irja+Askola+narrowly+elected+as+first+female+Finnish+bishop+/1135257328587 |archivedate=2010-08-06 |df= }} </ref> |
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==Episcopacy== |
==Episcopacy== |
Revision as of 17:24, 16 November 2017
The Right Reverend Irja Askola | |
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Bishop of Helsinki | |
Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Elected | 2010 |
Predecessor | Eero Huovinen |
Successor | Teemu Laajasalo |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1988 |
Consecration | 12 September 2010 by Kari Mäkinen |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Finnish |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Irja Kaarina Askola (born 18 December 1952 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is the Bishop of Helsinki. She is the first female Finnish bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Early life and career
Askola first became involved with the Church as a child after the early death of her father.[1] She started her theological studies at the University of Helsinki 1971 and continued them as an academic research assistant until 1981.
She graduated as Master of Theology in 1975, and was ordained as a priest in 1988.
Askola has worked as an executive secretary for the Conference of European Churches, based in Geneva, Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. She has also worked as a Special Advisor in Theological Affairs to the Bishop Mikko Heikka.[2]
She was elected Bishop of Helsinki on June 2010 as successor to Eero Huovinen; she was chosen on the second round of the election with 591 votes.[3]
Episcopacy
Askola was installed on 12 September 2010 by the Archbishop of Turku, Kari Mäkinen. He was assisted by other bishops from Finland (Matti Repo and Mikko Heikka from the Diocese of Espoo); Norway (Olav Skjevesland); Denmark (Elisabeth Dons Christensen) and Namibia (Thomas Shivute). The Anglican Co-Consecrator was Edward Darling, the former Bishop of Limerick in the Church of Ireland.
Her consecration was attended by other women who are bishops — from Sweden, Germany and Denmark, and David Hamid, the Anglican Suffragan Bishop in Europe. Several Finnish public figures were also present, including President Tarja Halonen and Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi.[4]
In June 2013, Askola consecrated a same-sex couple for missionary work for the first time in Finland. Hundreds of conservative Finns resigned from the church in protest during the following days.[5]
Views
Askola is considered as a liberal; for example she supports same-sex marriage.[6] She also said she wants to welcome more same-sex couples for Church blessings, but that no pastors would be compelled to do so [7] In an interview given to YLE, Askola said she would practice "a dialogue with society", and that the Church must address such issues as current social inequalities and racial intolerance.
Selected publications
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References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Hamid, David (14 September 2010). "Eurobishop: Bishop Irja Askola Consecrated as Bishop of Helsinki".
- ^ Eroakirkosta.fi - Lähetystyöhön siunattu homopari aiheutti eropiikin - konservatiiveja erosi kirkosta
- ^ "Avioaloite paisui ihmisoikeusasiaksi". 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Irja Askola is Finland's First Female Bishop".