Antje Jackelén

Antje Jackelén (née Zöllner; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita (prima inter pares) of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through a service in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, making her Sweden's first foreign-born archbishop since the 12th century, and the first female archbishop.

The Most Reverend

Antje Jackelén
Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala
Primate Emerita of Sweden
Jackelén in 2013
ChurchChurch of Sweden
ArchdioceseUppsala
Elected15 October 2013
Installed15 June 2014
PredecessorAnders Wejryd
SuccessorMartin Modéus
Orders
Ordination1980
by Lars Carlzon
Consecration15 April 2007
by Anders Wejryd
Personal details
Born
Antje Zöllner

(1955-06-04) 4 June 1955
Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Nationality
DenominationLutheran
Spouse
Heinz Jackelén
(m. 1979)
Children2
Previous post(s)Bishop of Lund (2007–2014)
Alma mater
  • University of Tübingen
  • Uppsala University
  • Lund University
MottoGud är större ("God is greater")
Coat of arms

Jackelén was ordained a priest in the Church of Sweden in 1980 and became Doctor of Theology at Lund University in 1999. Previously she was Bishop of Lund from 2007 to 2014.

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