death_date consecration nationality article_title term birth_date archdiocese term_end church alma_mater death_place title image_size spouse rank image diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place parents type ordained_by previous_post appointed successor ordination
02 august 1730 12 june 1695 swede mathias steuchius
 1714-1730 26 october 1644 uppsala 2 august 1730 church of sweden uppsala university uppsala , sweden archbishop of uppsala primate of sweden 230px anna tersera metropolitan archbishop mattias steuchius -lrb- ur nordisk familjebok -rrb- . png uppsala mathias steuchius olov svebilius haquin spegel fogdö , sweden petrus steuchius brita ilsbodinia archbishop petrus steuchius bishop of lund -lrb- 1695-1714 -rrb- 1714 johannes steuchius 1672
mathias steuchius

mathias steuchius -lrb- october 26 , 1644 , fogdö -- august 2 , 1730 -rrb- was bishop of the diocese of lund , 1694 to 1714 and archbishop of uppsala in the swedish church from 1714 to his death .
steuchius grew up in härnösand in northern sweden , where his father petrus steuchius was superintendent .
he was ordained to priest in 1672 and participates in the riksdag of the estates in 1672 and 1675 .
in 1676 he became professor of logics and metaphysics at the uppsala university .
he married in 1680 .
in 1683 his father died , and mathias superseded him .
he worked as superintendent for twelve years , and put much effort into bringing christianity and education to the indigenous sami people .
in 1693 he was made doctor of theology in uppsala , and in 1694 promoted to professor .
but already in june 1694 he was summoned to lund , to be appointed bishop of lund .
at the death of haquin spegel , steuchius was elected new archbishop in 1714 .
he worked in uppsala until his death in 1730 .
steuchius was known as a devoted and righteous man by his way of living and teaching .
