predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title image_size type nationality parents term archdiocese article_title diocese name church
henrik -rrb- karlsson -lrb- uppsala -rrb- Árni Ólafsson -lrb- skálholt johan skálholt -rrb- håkansson -lrb- uppsala -rrb- jón vilhjálmsson craxton -lrb- 18 august 1433 denmark iceland bishop of skálholt 230px archbishop dane gereke jensen lodehat 1408-1421 -lrb- uppsala -rrb- 1426-1433 -lrb- skálholt -rrb- skálholt jöns gerekesson
 skálholt jöns gerekesson roman catholic
jöns gerekesson

jöns gerekesson -lrb- as archbishop latinized to johannes gerechini , also `` jón gerreksson '' -rrb- -lrb- died 1433 -rrb- was a controversial archbishop of uppsala , sweden 1408 -- 1421 , and of iceland 1426 -- 1433 until he was drowned .
it is not known when jöns gerekesson was born , but it is believed to have been around 1380 .
gerekesson 's uncle , peder lodehat , was bishop of roskilde , denmark and chancellor to the scandinavian queen , margareta .
jöns studied at the university of cologne and then worked as a canon in aarhus before he became chancellor to the scandinavian king eric of pomerania .
on the death of the archbishop birger gregersson -lrb- 11 march 1383 -rrb- , the king appointed jöns to take his place , despite protests from the cathedral chapter .
jöns was of danish descent and had no connection to uppsala .
jöns cared mainly for his own pleasure , and left his duties to the chapter .
he held parties with female company , and lived a life of luxury and abundance .
when his money ran out , he took bribes and borrowed money , eventually putting him in debt , which in return forced him to embezzle church property .
he took a young woman from stockholm as a mistress ; she bore him two children .
finally , the chapter complained to pope martin v and , after an investigation , in 1421 the pope dismissed him from office .
in 1426 he entered the duties of bishop of skálholt , iceland , and was formally ordained in 1430 .
however , three years after being ordained , the icelandic people had enough of him , and put him in a sack and drowned him .
