Leo (Makkonen) of Finland

His Beatitude the Most Reverend Archbishop Leo (Makkonen) of Karelia and All Finland, primate of the Church of Finland, was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on June 4, 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the Kuopio Orthodox Seminary, he was ordained deacon on July 20, 1973, and priest two days later.
He was consecrated Bishop of Joensuu on February 25, 1979, then served as Metropolitan of Oulu from 1980 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001 he served as Metropolitan of Helsinki, before taking up his post as Archbishop of Karelia in 2001.
From 1979 to 1994 he served as chair of the Fellowship of Saints Sergius and Herman.
==External links==
*Arkkipiispa Leo (Finnish)
*Karjalan ja koko Suomen arkkipiispa Leo (Finnish)
*Listing at the Orthodox Research Institute
Category:Archbishops of Finland
Category:Bishops
Category:Orthodox Archbishops of Finland
Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Finland
Category:Metropolitan bishops
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