consecration nationality article_title term archdiocese church death_place title spouse diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place buried parents motto successor religion ordination birth_name
4 october 1970 swedish bertil gärtner
 1970 & ndash ; 1991 archdiocese of uppsala church of sweden onsala , sweden bishop of gothenburg -lrb- berntson 1 -rrb- margit hultin -lrb- 2 -rrb- eva archdiocese of uppsala bertil gärtner ruben josefsson bo giertz gothenburg , sweden onsala , sweden edgar gärtner and karin bolander '' servus iesu christi '' lars eckerdal lutheran 12 december 1948 bertil edgar gärtner
bertil gärtner

bertil edgar gärtner -lrb- 13 december 1924 -- 20 september 2009 -rrb- was a swedish lutheran bishop of gothenburg -lrb- 1970 -- 1991 -rrb- , and professor of new testament 's exegesis at princeton theological seminary , united states .
in 1969 gärtner became provost of gothenburg cathedral and on 24 july 1970 bishop of the lutheran diocese of gothenburg .
like his predecessor bo giertz , gärtner was theologically conservative and high church .
he was the writer of a number of books about the ministry of the church as well as on new testament subjects .
he was one of the swedish church leaders opposing the ordination of women in the church of sweden .
he was also an episcopal visitor of societas sanctae birgittae from 1972 - , pro ecclesia from 1990-1997 , laurentiistiftelsen from 1997 - , and markusstiftelsen from 1998-2009 .
