Jukka Paarma

Finnish bishop

The Most Reverend Jukka Paarma
Archbishop Emeritus of Turku and Finland

Province	Western Finland
Diocese	Archdiocese of Turku
See	Turku Cathedral
In office	1998–2010
Predecessor	John Vikström
Successor	Kari Mäkinen
Orders
Ordination	1 June 1967 by Erkki Kansanaho
Consecration	1998 by Olavi Rimpiläinen ^[1]
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-01) 1 December 1942 (age 81) Lappeenranta Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Denomination	Lutheran
Spouse	Pirjo Paarma

Antti-Jukka Paarma (born 1 December 1942 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish Lutheran prelate who served as the Archbishop of Turku and Finland^[2] and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. He retired as archbishop on 1 June 2010.^[3]

References

^ Paarma vihittiin arkkipiispaksi Turussa (in Finnish)
^ "Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko".
^ "The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: News: Archbishop Jukka Paarma retires in June 2010 – New archbishop to be elected by March". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2010-03-22.