Aleksi Lehtonen

Aleksi Emanuel Lehtonen (21 June 1891 – 27 March 1951) was archbishop of Turku from 1945 till 1951.

The Most Reverend

Aleksi Lehtonen
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
ArchdioceseTurku
Appointed14 March 1945
In office1945–1951
PredecessorErkki Kaila
SuccessorIlmari Salomies
Orders
Ordination10 June 1911
Consecration1934
Personal details
Born(1891-06-21)21 June 1891
Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
Died27 March 1951(1951-03-27) (aged 59)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
DenominationLutheran
ParentsEmanuel Johansson Lehtonen & Fransiska Sofia Josefsdotter
SpouseKyllikki Margareta af Hällström
Children6
Previous post(s)Bishop of Tampere (1934-1945)
Ordination history of
Aleksi Lehtonen
History
Priestly ordination
Date10 June 1911
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorErkki Kaila
Co-consecratorsMax von Bonsdorff
Erling Eidem
Date1934
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