The Right Reverend Johannes Gezelius the elder | |
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Bishop of Turku | |
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Church | Church of Sweden |
Diocese | Turku |
In office | 1664–1690 |
Predecessor | Johannes Terserus |
Successor | Johannes Gezelius the younger |
Previous post(s) | Superintendent of Livonia (1660–1664) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 26 May 1665 by Johannes Canuti Lenaeus |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 20 January 1690 Turku, Swedish Empire (Present-day Finland) | (aged 74)
Buried | Turku Cathedral |
Nationality | Swedish |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Parents | Göran Andersson & Anna Gudmundsdotter |
Spouse | Gertrud Gutheim Christina Persdotter |
Children | 5 |
Johannes Gezelius the elder (3 February 1615 – 20 January 1690), known in Swedish as Johannes Gezelius den äldre and Johannes Gezelius vanhempi in Finnish, was the Bishop of Turku and the Vice-Chancellor of The Royal Academy of Turku (1664–1690).[1]