Carl Henrik Louis Perret (born 1946) is a Finnish

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

pastor and titular provost. Perret has been since 2006 the general secretary of the Theological Institute of Finland. Before this he has served as vicar in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

and as president of Medi-Heli doctor helicopter service. Perret is also a member of the Synod of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (; ) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheranism, Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Orthodox Church o ...

since 1983. In the autumn of 2006 Perret was runner-up in the election for bishop in the

Diocese of Porvoo In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

External links

Henrik Perret's blog

20th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy 1946 births Living people Swedish-speaking Finns 21st-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Date of birth missing (living people) {{Theologian-stub