Yngve Brilioth
Church of Sweden bishop (1891-1959)
Yngve Brilioth, born 12 July 1891 in Västra Ed, Sweden, dead 27 April 1959 in Uppsala, Sweden was a professor for church history, and later for Practical theology in Uppsala, Turku and Lund. He served as the Lutheran Bishop of Växjö between 1938 and 1950. Between 1950 and 1958, he was the Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala.[1] He was also the author of a history of the Oxford Movement, which written to coincide with its centenary in 1933. He married the daughter of a predecessor, Nathan Söderblom.
The Most Reverend Yngve Brilioth | |
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| Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden | |
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| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Uppsala |
| In office | 1950-1958 |
| Predecessor | Erling Eidem |
| Successor | Gunnar Hultgren |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1918 |
| Consecration | 1938 by Erling Eidem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 12, 1891 Västervik Municipality Sweden |
| Died | April 27, 1959 (aged 67) Uppsala Sweden |
| Buried | Uppsala old cemetery |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Spouse | Brita Söderblom |
| Previous post | Bishop of Växjö (1938-1950) |
Selected bibliography
change- The Anglican Revival: Studies in the Oxford Movement. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.
- Eucharistic Faith and Practise. Evangelical and Catholic. London 1930.
- Evangelicalism and the Oxford Movement. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1934.
- A brief history of preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1965.
- Landmarks in the history of preaching. London: S.P.C.K., 1950.
- Sven-Erik Brodd: The Church as Sacrament in the Writings of Yngve Brilioth. In: International journal for the Study of the Christian Church 9, 2009, S. 118-137
References
change- ↑ "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
| Preceded by Erling Eidem |
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden 1950–1958 |
Succeeded by Gunnar Hultgren |