Risto Matti Soramies (born 13 December 1946 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 ...

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) is the first bishop of the

Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland The Mission Diocese, officially the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, (, ) is an independent Confessional Lutheranism, confessional Lutheran "ecclesial structure" in Finland. The Mission Diocese considers itself to be "part of ‘t ...

since 4 May 2013. He was ordained by Matti Väisänen, a bishop of the Mission Province of Sweden and Finland. In December 2014 Soramies consecrated Robert Kaumba as bishop of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Africa—Zambia Diocese.Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.
Retrieved: June 24, 2015.

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